Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 01:49:46 -0500 From: Jerry Hicks <wghhicks@ix.netcom.com> To: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> Cc: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDT processors? Message-ID: <34655D0A.F0DCFF37@ix.netcom.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971108225631.5031B-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>
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Atipa wrote: > > > also have shell accounts). > > > > This could be bad for Intel. I think that there is a limited > > subset of Pentium owners which now have a *very* strong incentive > > to obtain replacement chips or go to alternate vendors (AMD or > > IDT). > > > > P.S. Have any FreeBSD users tried out the new IDT chip? > > What/Who is IDT? I heard about some So. CA startup company using the > SGS/Thompson Fab. Is that them? > > I really doubt the contingent that is affected by this bug would be > likely to trust a no-name chip. The whole point is reliability... > > I would not put mission critial servers on AMD K6 or any Cyrix. There is > no vestal virgin in the X86 market. Intel is still the best of the bunch > for reliability. <Note to self: Raise flame shields, now!> > > Kevin Naw, IDT has been around for some time. They've been doing MIPS processors for a while. They are a premier company well known among developers of bit-slice systems too, having some hard to find FIFO parts and such. I wouldn't mind using their components if IDT sez they work. They've always been a pretty credible bunch for us. Cheers! Jerry Hicks jerry_hicks@bigfoot.com ( back to the basement, mumbling something unintelligible :)
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