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From: mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 80386 vs. 68030
Summary: ?MHz / cache / etc...
Message-ID: <436@babbage.acc.virginia.edu>
Date: 6 Dec 88 14:04:40 GMT
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> >So, as regards the 80386/68030 -- Which is better? Which is faster?

uh...  You gotta say whether you want a 16, 20, or 25MHz 80386.  How fast
is the memory system? cache?

Besides, what do you want it for, FLOPS or context switches/second (is
there a clever acronym for that?)?

The support hardware probably makes at least as much difference as the CPU.
Since most program(mer)s don't see it (directly), it's easy to forget.

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