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From: amos@taux01.UUCP (Amos Shapir)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 68020 vs. 68030 speed (was Re: 80486 vs. 68040 code size)
Message-ID: <1747@taux01.UUCP>
Date: 22 May 89 12:00:52 GMT
References: <4229@ficc.uu.net> <6924@cbmvax.UUCP> <2760@scolex.sco.COM>
Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel Home of the 32532
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Hdate: 17 Iyar 5749

In article <2760@scolex.sco.COM> seanf@scolex.UUCP (Sean Fagan) writes:
>I think the real problem was that it took NS *many* revisions to get a
>working CPU.  The system I mentioned up above was a 16032, Revision R,
>running at 6 MHz (*slow*).

Just to set the record straight, the last two CPU's in this series (NS32332
and NS32532) ran a full implementation of UNIX on rev A of the chip.
Marketing were so cautious by this time that the 32332 was not even announced
until we had a working silicon.

The only way to get rid of past follies seems to be changing the name
of the company, but we have a reputation to keep... :-)

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	Amos Shapir				amos@nsc.com
National Semiconductor (Israel) P.O.B. 3007, Herzlia 46104, Israel
Tel. +972 52 522261  TWX: 33691, fax: +972-52-558322
34 48 E / 32 10 N			(My other cpu is a NS32532)