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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (216)	9/26/1997 10:53:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	of 328

Charles, I am trying to find the explanation of what the "patch" capability is for new x86 chips. However, I am positive that it only works for instructions which are in the microcode.. you can not possibly fix hardwired silicon instructions.. As for SUN, I do believe there is a lot of confusion as to which source they want to take. Witness their recent workstation/computer products.. all are based around the Java platform. If the get the performance of the Java chips up to their "targets" it will make the Ultrasparc a moote point. Steve

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