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th...@aloha.cc.columbia.edu (Tom  Hong) writes:
>In article <3arcil$e...@scapa.cs.ualberta.ca>,
>Michael Lewchuk <lew...@cs.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>>You mean HP+Intel = a really nice CPU?  Btw, what improvements will the 686
>>have over the 486 and 586 class processors?

>	Yep!  According to the industry paper PC Week, Intel is teaming up 
>with HP to develop a wholly-RISC processor that will be two generations ahead
>of current Pentiums.  While HP will provide its know-how from its PA-RISC
>processors, Intel will have the fab capacity and addition research to make it
>compatible with previous generations' software.  The P6 generation being
>developed right now is indeed Intel's in-house, and will be a hybrid CISC-
>RISC chip.  Expect the P7 to be released sometime in 1998.

	Well, I guess that explains everything.  Thanks for the info guys. :-)


>>Pentiums, and I don't think Origin will go Pentium-only any time soon
>>because of the vast number of powerful 486 class processors which can
>>sometimes outperform the low-grade pentiums, at a significantly lower price.

	How?  I thought the Pentium chip was a significantly better chip, which
needs software to be written directly for it in order to tap that "power".


>TRH Sends