Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 12:38:10 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: IDT processors? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971109123631.18731B-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: <34655D0A.F0DCFF37@ix.netcom.com>
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from what i've heard the IDT chip's FPU is garbage, and it's integer performance is terrible. definetly not high octane stuff, mostly for desktop applications and such, buying one of these for a server system is not a great idea. -Alfred On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Jerry Hicks wrote: > Atipa wrote: > > > > > also have shell accounts). > > > > > > This could be bad for Intel. I think that there is a limited > > > subset of Pentium owners which now have a *very* strong incentive > > > to obtain replacement chips or go to alternate vendors (AMD or > > > IDT). > > > > > > P.S. Have any FreeBSD users tried out the new IDT chip? > > > > What/Who is IDT? I heard about some So. CA startup company using the > > SGS/Thompson Fab. Is that them? > > > > I really doubt the contingent that is affected by this bug would be > > likely to trust a no-name chip. The whole point is reliability... > > > > I would not put mission critial servers on AMD K6 or any Cyrix. There is > > no vestal virgin in the X86 market. Intel is still the best of the bunch > > for reliability. <Note to self: Raise flame shields, now!> > > > > Kevin > > Naw, IDT has been around for some time. They've been doing MIPS > processors for a while. They are a premier company well known among > developers of bit-slice systems too, having some hard to find FIFO parts > and such. > > I wouldn't mind using their components if IDT sez they work. They've > always been a pretty credible bunch for us. > > Cheers! > > Jerry Hicks > jerry_hicks@bigfoot.com > ( back to the basement, mumbling something unintelligible :) >
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