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NEC V20 CPU: A bit of pep for an XT

11 points · 11 comments · jnord

  1. bell-cot · · focus · HN ↗
    Not mentioned - the NEC V30 CPU, which was the V20's 8086-replacement near-twin:

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;NEC_V20#Variants_and_successors" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;NEC_V20#Variants_and_successor...

    IIR, the V30 provided a notably better improvement (over the 8086), because the 16-bit memory bus meant it was less often starved for bandwidth.

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