[Gllug] IA32? IA64? x86...

[Tethys]

>Then Pentium Pro was the 686 evolution, mainly a die shrink, newer
>pipeline, faster floating point, but they priced it well out of reach
>for most people.

PPro was never aimed at the mass market. Yes, it had some minor
pipelining changes over the Pentium, but the real difference was the
increased on chip cache, which was responsible for a large amount of
the extortionate price. 

Tet

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