[comp.arch] new Weitek chip rumor

golds@fjc.GOV (Rich Goldschmidt) (03/08/91)

I heard that Weitek has developed a new floating point accelerator 
which is suppossed to "blow the doors off an i860".  The story was
that sample quantities of the chip were suppossed to be delivered
to major customers in December (1990).  It is pin compatible with
current Weitek products which fit on PC motherboards.  Anyone have
any hard facts on this?



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