Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!godot!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP Newsgroups: net.arch Subject: Re: multi-state logic Message-ID: <495@ima.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 23:35:22 EST Article-I.D.: ima.495 Posted: Tue Feb 26 23:35:22 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 02:57:11 EST Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:whuxlm:-68500:ima:4600004:000:385 Nf-From: ima!johnl Feb 26 10:37:00 1985 I have heard claims that the 8087 uses multi-state logic internally. The same sources have claimed that it didn't work as well as Intel had hoped, which is why you don't see faster 8087 and 80287 chips. Informed commentary by mail invited. John Levine, Javelin Software, Cambridge MA 617-494-1400 { decvax!cca | yale | bbncca | allegra | cbosgd | ihnp4 }!ima!johnl Levine@YALE.ARPA