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From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Intel 386SX chip & its applications
Message-ID: <11390@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 27 Jun 88 16:05:55 GMT
References: <206900116@prism> <6734@cup.portal.com> <6859@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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In article <6859@cup.portal.com> mslater@cup.portal.com writes:

| As for 286 vs 386 speed, I've seen a number of benchmarks that show that for
| 16-bit code (8086 or 286 code) the 286 runs very nearly the same speed, and
| sometimes slightly faster, than a 386.  There are many instructions that
| require fewer clocks on a 286 than on a 386. 

  I checked 25 instructions at random in the manuals without finding
these instructions. I can't say that you're incorrect since I haven't
check every one, but I really would like to know which instructions are
slower...
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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