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From: david@sun.uucp (David DiGiacomo)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Press Release: Intel announces 80960 architecture
Message-ID: <49265@sun.uucp>
Date: 12 Apr 88 22:55:13 GMT
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Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA
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>INTEL ANNOUNCES FIRST EMBEDDED CONTROL PRODUCTS AND TOOLS BASED ON NEW
>			80960 ARCHITECTURE
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>   The 80960KA and the 80960KB are both available in 20MHz CHMOS* III
>configurations.  Both embedded processors operate at a sustained 7.5 MIPS
>and 15K Dhrystones rates.

Why is the integer performance so low?  Do most instructions take 2 cycles?