Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!NSIN08%rlgk@BRL.ARPA From: NSIN08%rlgk@BRL.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: The 8086 -- An Architecture for the Future [??] Message-ID: <2389@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 23:18:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2389 Posted: Tue Jun 21 23:18:00 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jun-83 20:13:40 EDT Lines: 7 From: Philip Gladstone (on GEC 4090 at Rutherford)The snag with the iAPX432 is that it is MIND-BOGGLINGLY slow - and adding more processors does not really cure the problem as you run out of memory bandwidth. I guess bigger caches on the CPU (GDP?) chip would help. Philip Gladstone