On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, David Wolfskill wrote:
> >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:20:16 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: Kenny Drobnack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >> And - let me add - Intel has been down this path before
> >> (the i860) - and didn't see the success it wanted (although
> >> the i860 is popping up in some interesting places now...)
>
> > Um, which chip was this? I don't remember hearing about it.
>
> It's a processor that tends to be used in embedded systems, such as
> (PostScript-capable) printers, if I recall correctly.
>
The i960 is the processor that is used in embedded systems. The i860 was
intended as a general purpose CPU and had very good (for it's time)
floating point. The i960 was designed as an embeded CPU.
The ia32 line will outperform (by quite a bit) the ia64 line until, at
least the introduction of Mckinley(sp?), which is the second ia64 chip.
This will not be until 02 I think, coudl be 03. The ia32 line still has a
number of years of life left in it in the desktop and server market. Only
people who really need a 64bit address space, and those who want the
latest cool thing will buy Merced based systems. But then I'm still
running a 486 and a couple of sub 200MHz Cyrix based systems :)
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