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From: parnass@ihuxf.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Barrel Shifters - (Bellmac(TM)-32)
Message-ID: <566@ihuxf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 15:32:41 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  6 15:32:41 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 12:26:24 EDT
Organization: BTL Naperville, Il.
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		   "One	of the best features in	some of	the
		   newer microprocessors (29116, RISC) is a
		   barrel  shifter.......  Are	there	any
		   other  processors,  present	or  future,
		   that	have  this  component?	 I  suspect
		   that	 it is almost a	necessity in 32-bit
		   micros."

       As shown	on page	35 of the July 1983 issue of IEEE  Spectrum
       magazine, the Bellmac1 -32, designed by	Bell  Laboratories,
       contains	a "barrel switch".


	       Robert S. Parnass
	       Bell Laboratories
	       Naperville, Illinois 

	       ihnp4!ihuxf!parnass

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	1. Bellmac is a	trademark of the Western Electric Company.