hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) (05/07/85)
Electronics Week, April 15, 1985, pages 18-19 has an article with the above title. A few quotes: "Intel won't ship samples for at least six months", "the 386 incorporates about 300,000 transistors, compared with the 286's 140,000. As for central-process performance, Intel wil not cite a figure in mips, saying only that it is two to three times faster than the 286, depending on the application". The article goes more into the politics of announcements, and the competition between the 386, the 68000 and the 32032 than it does into the technical details of the 386 (which were not all divulged in the series of technical briefings which inspired the article.) --henry schaffer
doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) (05/10/85)
But when, if ever, will there be a 387? The 186 seems to have died,
passed over by IBM and its tickbirds who are using the 286 (for which
an FPU is available) instead.
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Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{ihnp4,seismo,decvax}!noao!terak!doug
^^^^^--- soon to be CalComprde@ukc.UUCP (R.D.Eager) (05/20/85)
The 386 works fine with a 287, until the 387 comes out...at least they
*try* to help which is more than can be said for Motorola.....
Bob Eager
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