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Bruce Becker  
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 More options Aug 7 1996, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc, comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, comp.sys.amiga.hardware, comp.sys.amiga.graphics, comp.sys.amiga.applications, comp.sys.amiga.multimedia, comp.sys.amiga.programmer
From: b...@GTS.Net (Bruce Becker)
Date: 1996/08/07
Subject: Re: VIScorp's possible plans of using the DEC Alpha in some form

In article <32087C67.3...@acomp.demon.co.uk>,
Neil Mohr  <e...@acomp.demon.co.uk> wrote:

|Odd H. Sandvik wrote:

|
|> : I'm glad to see everyone has managed to overlook
|> : the StrongARM which will be the processor DEC use
|> : to replace the Alpha
|>
|> Where did you get this information?
|>
|
|
|For anyone else with no initiative check out DEC's web page
|
|http://www.digital.ch/info/semiconductor/dsc-strongarm.html
|
|The StrongARM is based on an ultra efficient RISC architecture
|designed by ARM a British processor manufacturer. DEC looked at it
|said 'ooh we like that, lets make it run at 200Mhz' and they did.
|
|It is fast, very power efficient and above all, if you want a
|consumer Amiga again, cheap.

        200 Mhz         230 Dhrystones  <1000 mW.    US$50/??K
        100 Mhz         115 Dhrystones  < 300 mW.    US$29/10K

        also it looks like that standard RISCos will run on it
        so there are probable a lot of developer tool in place
        for quick porting efforts

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