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On October 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com> wrote:
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> CPU Speed - PC - 4.7 MHz - LT - 2181 MHz dual core - LT is 928 X FASTER
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Actually in raw clock rate it's only 928 x faster.  8088s have no cache and take 30+ cycles for an 8 bit multiply.  With single clock ALU logic, caching, pipe-lining, super-scaling, branch prediction, hyper threading, high speed bus interconnects, etc, etc.. The real number is somewhere in the mid to high hundred thousands of times faster range.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Some of us are actually designing new-old peripherals for the venerable old girls.  The first prototype third revision (yes third rev) of the XT-IDE boards will be hitting my door step in a couple weeks.  And there is a 32MB XMS/EMS/Conv RAM + 4MB ROM + RTC board ready to go to first spin next week.  And an open hardware 8/16 bit ISA VGA card in the works with 1080p HDMI up-scaling and USB HID K/M support in the design stage.  A bit sad how some of us spend our spare time really.</p>
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> RAM - PC - 64 KB (that's KILO, not Mega, not Giga) - LT - 8 GB (OK so I > upgraded the memory.)
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>     If I'm doing the math right, 64 KB is .000061 GB, so LT has 131,148
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> X MORE MEMORY
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<p style="margin: 0px;">64K was HUGE compared to my first computers!</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">-Alan</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Alan Hightower</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Senior Engineer</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Panasonic Automotive Systems</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">hightowera@us.panasonic.com</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">(770) 846-9436</p>
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