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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 80486 vs. 68040 code size
Message-ID: <4103@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 8 May 89 13:05:09 GMT
References: <907@aber-cs.UUCP>
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In article <907@aber-cs.UUCP>, pcg@aber-cs.UUCP (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
> As to some small bit of available evidence, it is not very controversial
> that the 386 is usually a tad faster than the 68020 with roughly equivalent
> system technology (e.g. a cached 386 at 20Mhz tipically beats a cached 68020
> at 25 Mhz under gcc), and code size is a tad smaller as well.

Of course you realise you're comparing intel's latest production technology
with Motorola's last-but-one generation. How does the 80386 compare to the
68030?
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