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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Has 2.2.1 been a bit rushed out the door?
Date: 11 May 1997 17:35:55 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) wrote:

> If you argue about computing power, the 80x86 clearly beats the 74x86 !!!
> However, the "exclusive OR" operation is performed many, many times
> faster with a 74x86 !!!

Really?  I think a standard series (no Schottky etc.) 7486 had a
propagation delay around 7 ns.  I think you could beat this with a
200 Mhz CPU, since an XOR operation will be handled within one clock
tick when the operands are in registers. ;-)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)