[geeks] Daily Dose of Unix

[Dave McGuire]

On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 08:43 PM, Kurt Huhn wrote:
>> From what I've read, the r18k is a honkin' fast CPU - well, fast in 
>> the
> sense of it's context.  Possibly even fast when compared to recent (if
> not current) x86 CPUs.  There's not a whole lot of info out there right
> now, just people at each end of the extreme talking shit to each other.

   I'm sure you're just talking about clock speed here...there's no way 
I'll believe the R18K, a super-modern design due to be released 
sometime in 2004, would be beaten out by today's tired x86s.

        -Dave

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