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To: Barry A. Watzman who wrote (50521)	3/11/1998 8:17:00 PM
From: Jean M. Gauthier	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

That's not what he means.... It's a full, new RISC chip, based on the HP PA-RISC architecture, the 1st one really new from Intel... It will simulate the x86 reverse compatibility in some sort of software inside of the chip It is a dual OS sorta chip. 1- FULL RISC, for the 1st time in a long time anyway. 2- x86 reverse compatibility, but inmicrocode software on the chip So,...... He's right. JMHO Take care jean

To: Barry A. Watzman who wrote (50521)	3/11/1998 10:20:00 PM
From: K. M. Strickler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

BAW, Just a question here! You said that that the operating system is not a function of the chip! I can't help but see a bit of a 'flaw' in that statement! Let's say that one chip supported a 'divide' command and another chip did not. The chip that did would be able to perform that operation with one command, while the chip without would have to use a 'micro-code' instruction set to perform that function. At least that has been my experience spanning some 35 years in computers. JMHO, Ken