November 1996 / State Of The Art

Tomorrow's CPUs	The hard part will be choosing among major new chip platforms and families; easier to take will be the blazing speeds of tomorrow's processors. - by Alan Joch
Sun Gambles on Java Chips Vital Statistics picoJava's Stack Architecture "Dribbler" Saves Data Improving Stack Performance picoJava's Pipeline Preliminary Speed Tests Preliminary Results Three Alternatives for Running Java Software RISC vs. CISC Unanswered Questions Java vs. C Running C in a Java World	Are Java chips better than general-purpose CPUs? Or will new compilers make them obsolete? - by Peter Wayner
The x86 Gets Faster with Age Who's Who in x86 How to Pick a Ch ip IMS Rides Again with the Meta6000 The Problem with P-Ratings P-Ratings vs. Clock Speeds Cyrix Cx86 for Dirt-Cheap PCs	PC buyers face tough choices in 1997 as x86-chip vendors race to maintain their dominance. - by Tom R. Halfhill
PowerPC Regroups Five Generations of PowerPC PowerPC Roadmap Exponential's Bid to Beat the Pack	Stung by Intel's gains in processor performance, the PowerPC alliance will stri ke back with higher clock speeds and new chip designs. - by Tom R. Halfhill

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