news@oscsuna.osc.edu (news) (06/21/89)
indicates that the chip has a nominal operating temperature of 34C (I think this is about 93 F). So, if you put 2000 i860s in a box, does this mean that you'll need a big cooling plant to prevent a meltdown? From: stein@pixelpump.osc.edu (Rick 'Transputer' Stein) Path: pixelpump.osc.edu!stein Also, I noticed that the chip does not have an integer multiply instruction. Why is this? Some kind of trend in RISC? -=- Richard M. Stein (aka Rick 'Transputer' Stein) Concurrent Software Specialist @ The Ohio Supercomputer Center Ghettoblaster vacuum cleaner architect and Trollius semi-guru Internet: stein@pixelpump.osc.edu, Ma Bell Net: 614-292-4122