discrete transistors

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Oct 19 16:38:36 1998

"Max Eskin" <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> What about 386s? Did Intel outrun the mainframes with the 386, or were
> there discrete transistor machines with better performance than that?

The raw CPU performance of thet 386 exceeds that of many (but not all) of the
discrete-transistor mainframes (and even IBM's SLT-based mainframes).

However, system-level performance is another matter. How many 386 machines
had intelligent I/O channels, *AND* took full advantage of them?
Received on Mon Oct 19 1998 - 16:38:36 BST