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From: mark@mips.COM (Mark G. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Why is the RT slow?
Keywords: risc RT IBM
Message-ID: <8234@obiwan.mips.COM>
Date: 15 Nov 88 02:46:12 GMT
References: <5046@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: mark@mips.COM (Mark G. Johnson)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <5046@polya.Stanford.EDU> rathmann@polya.Stanford.EDU (Peter K. Rathmann) writes:
 >I got the impression from looking at some informal benchmarks that the
 >IBM PC/RT is slower than a good 386 box, and not even in the same
 >league as leading risc processors like SPARC/MIPS/88000.
 >
 >Can anyone explain why?  It is billed as a risc and is not saddled
 >with compatibility with earlier architectures, so why shouldn't it be
 >a performance leader?
 >

To avoid competing with the soon to be announced, faster-n-stink IBM
"Americas" risc processor?
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