Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:23:12 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew <hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU> To: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nexgen 110PF, Cyrix 6x86 questions? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960321191135.16229C-100000@aeffle.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199603190902.BAA01878@MediaCity.com>
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On Tue, 19 Mar 1996, Brian Litzinger wrote:
> Do processors such as the NexGen PF110 and Cyrix 6x86 actually
> execute Pentium specific instructions or are they all hyper fast
> 386s?
>
> Is anyone using any of these processors?
>
> --
> Brian Litzinger Powered by FreeBSD
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I think they are all x86 core compatible. The RISC86 core in the NexGen
is pretty good. I think the Cyrix 6x86 use something similar...
If I was a software developer (with precompiled programs), I would
probably want my code to run on as many machines as possible. Thus, I
would avoid fancy tweaked code specific to any one processor or even one
motherboard. Targetting a software product for the whole market would be
more financially beneficial than going for a small selected number of users.
Well, of course if you're a Unix person that's a bit different because you
can always recompile the software with all the fancy tweaks -- provided
you have the source code handy.
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