Info on Clipper chip and fabrication of it

[CVL staff member Nate Sammons]

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writes Timothy C. May:
>
>We knew all of this, except for the part about the ARM processor
>(formerly the "Acorn Risc Machine") being used in the core. The ARM is
>a high MIPS-per-watt processor that is being used in the Apple Newton
>and the 3DO game machine.
>

Last I heard, hte model of the ARM series used in the Newton (the 
ARM 610 processor) cranked out about 30,000 Drystones and used 
_very_ little power.

- -nate

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