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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 80486
Message-ID: <4940@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 2 Dec 88 22:21:02 GMT
References: <15374@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <1300@inuxd.UUCP> <3472@ttidca.TTI.COM> <23671@amdcad.AMD.COM>
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In article <23671@amdcad.AMD.COM> phil@diablo.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) writes:
>I would like to point out that the 80586 is already out.

Apocalypse approaches rapidly.  From 8086 we derived 80286, and then
things became more orderly as we went to 80386, 80486, and now 80586.
When we reach 80986, what will happen?  Will Intel add one and get
81086 (8 steps up from the 80286), or will it insert a new digit and
make it 800286 (a giant leap in processing power)?

In any case there will be a singularity in naming that could wreak
havoc with the delicate fabric of segmented space-time.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi