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From: caulton@inuxd.UUCP (D Caulton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 80486
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Date: 29 Nov 88 16:30:31 GMT
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> Has anyone seen information on the 80486, recently -- especially projected
> production dates?  I would also like to know what new features it's supposed
> to have.

I talked to Intel just about a month ago--they refuse to officially
acknowledge the chip as having any features at all.  They have only
admitted it exists grudgingly.  Infoworld had some rumors about it
a month or two ago--you might look there.  As I recall it will be an
awesome chip, with full math coprocessor functions built into the
instruction set (there will, I think, be two versions--one weak,
which will have these functions, and a streamlined one without 
them.) The first machines running with it are supposed to run at
40 MHz, going up from there.  But it will be a might expensive-
these machines will cost upwards of 20,000 samolians.  Not a bad
deal for a machine more powerful than most minis, though. Anybody
else have more information on these?
				David Caulton
				AT&T Bell Labs
				Indianapolis, IN