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To: tcmay who wrote (142949)	9/6/2001 5:00:03 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Origin of Intel 860 Re:"No, the 860 saw very little use as an embedded processor." The original goal for the 860 was to design a high performance numeric coprocessor for the 386 and the next generation X86 that was under development, the 486. The 486 with an integrated FPU was introduced before the 860. The thinking was that the 860 would be a numeric coprocessor for a workstation or other intensive numeric applications. The product would have probably been named something like the 487, using the past numbering scheme for the Intel numeric coprocessors Before the 860 was introduced, it was clear that there was no market for the coprocessor solution. The question became what do we do with this design? The answer was we will introduce it as a RISC processor for a workstation. This was a time when RISC processors were supposed to kill the CISC processors, including the X86. The 860 never succeeded and was quickly abandoned.

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