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[CombJelly]

" Umm... what's an i860?"

Intel's second attempt to replace x86. You don't really want to know about the first...

Edit: actually it was their first attempt. The earlier one, iAPX432, was an attempt to move out of the 8 bit market and move into the top ranks. However, it had some performance problems that might have been inherent. In a lot of ways it was really innovative. The 432 reportedly led directly to the 8086/88 and supposedly was sketched out in a weekend. Which could've been true, if you are talking about just the general architecture.

[tecate]

chipguy...

you have to really admire Paul DeMone's intelligence, he must be a principal engineer or higher.