| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 3 Aug 2001 at 17:59:53 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Inc's AmiWest Statement is here.... |
On 03-Aug-01, Alan Buxey wrote:
> hi,
>
>> If the emulation runs at 1/10 clock speed, that gives us an 85 MHz
>> 68040, which is not interesting. If it runs at half clock speed, it
>> is interesting.
>
> emulation neednt work like that - after all, the G4 has dozens more
> registers than the Pentium (and thus registers can be allocated to the
> 68k emulation ) etc etc. eg if it could do one 68000 per clock then
> its 866/7 = 123 times faster than an A500. is that any good? depends
> what you're doing, also doesnt factor in the FPU power of the
> 060...which'd be emulated at the same time..in the powerful
> FPU/Altivec engine of the G4. what that could achieve is so far
> untested...it could be awesome
The relevant comparison is with a 68060, not an A500.
But what you say is interesting, IF AmigaInc can make an emulator like
that. Or will we get "good enough" ?
Regards
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