Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site nmtvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!lanl-a!unm-ivax!nmtvax!tim From: tim@nmtvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro,net.lsi Subject: z80,000 (32bit micro on a chip) Message-ID: <405@nmtvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 11:00:27 EDT Article-I.D.: nmtvax.405 Posted: Thu Jul 14 11:00:27 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jul-83 12:02:56 EDT Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM Lines: 9 I just read a short article in Electronics magazine discribing Zilog's new full 32bit microprocessor. It sounds interesting but at the same time I wonder why zilog is adding so many options to the chip. For instance, you have a choice of four addressing sceams (short 16bit, 2 segmented types, and 4gigbyte linear). These are software selectable from the impression I got. They claim the processor will have a 1.3 million instruction per second throughput, and include floating point instructions and memory (page) management on chip.