[H-GEN] AMD K6 Chip

[David Makepeace]

Robert Brockway wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, In memory of Mighty wrote:
> 
> Quite a bit of info has beren sent in various posts, come accurate,s ome
> not :)  i've even gomt some stuff not previously mentioned :-)
> 
> >       So down to the knuckle, what are the specs?
> >
> >       Speed reletave to something intelish for normal apps:
> >       Speed reletave to something sensible for normal apps:
> 
> John said it was approximately the same as a 266Mhz Pentium.  David
> Makepeace has pointed out that it doesn't do pipelining.  It also lacks an
> fpu, but it is still a damn fine chip for the price and power consumption.

Actually, I said "not superscalar".

BTW, have a look at:

    http://www.digital.com/semiconductor/strongarm/dna.htm

Cheers,
David.

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