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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: R6000 PCs?
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Date: 8 Jan 90 01:29:05 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Jan  7 11:48:00 1990


In 1980, the Z-80 and 6502 were state-of-the-art CPUs in PC's of the
time.  I think these machines could probably manage .1 MIPS.  Today,
the state-of-the-art CPU is the '386, the '486, and the 68030.  All
these devices are 2-4 MIPS, about 20-40 times faster.

I conclude that everyone will have an R6000 (or better) in the
(affordable) PC of the year 2000.

This seems like a long time.