From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 8 22:52:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA19116 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 22:52:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA19111 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 22:52:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wghhicks@ix.netcom.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA24398; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 00:50:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from atl-ga16-07.ix.netcom.com(204.32.174.135) by dfw-ix16.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma024388; Sun Nov 9 00:50:05 1997 Message-ID: <34655D0A.F0DCFF37@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 01:49:46 -0500 From: Jerry Hicks Reply-To: wghhicks@ix.netcom.com Organization: TerraEarth X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03b8 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Atipa CC: Charles Mott , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDT processors? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. > > 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 :)