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From: ram@shukra.Sun.COM (Renu Raman)
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Subject: Re: Criteria for comparing RISC processors
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Date: 6 May 89 21:26:39 GMT
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In article <164@dg.dg.com> uunet!dg!mpogue (Mike Pogue) writes:
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>    Multiprocessor support (88K wins)
>    Register scoreboarding (88K wins)
 
     Could you be more specific here? i.e. what specific mp features that
     make 88k shine over the rest and what is so magic about register
     scoreboarding?  I don't know the 88k arch. too well.

>Mike Pogue
>Data General Corp