Article 3661 of comp.sys.apple2.programmer: Path: news.stolaf.edu!umn.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!newsfeed.ACO.net!swidir.switch.ch!epflnews!dinews.epfl.ch!usenet From: dinarich@di.epfl.ch (Mirko Dinarich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: Enhanced 816 Date: 5 Dec 1994 14:36:44 GMT Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3bv8hs$m9r@disunms.epfl.ch> References: Reply-To: dinarich@disuns2.epfl.ch NNTP-Posting-Host: disuns1.epfl.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit These are my proposals - big 1st level cache (> 64 kb) - stack cached - new improved pipeline with at least four level - dual port cache, double alu for superscalar operations - burst mode for loading and flushing the cache quickly - new manufactoring technology (bi-cmos, 0.68 micron) With these features I think the 816 can work beyond 100 mhz !\ /! ! ! / /---\ /---\ /---\ /---\ ! \ / ! ! ! / ! _ / ! ! ! _ / ! ! dinarich@disuns2.epfl.ch ! \/ ! ! ! \ ! \ ! ! ! \ ! ! http://diwww.epfl.ch/~dinarich ! ! ! ! \ ! \ \---/ \---/ \---/