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when was it invented and by whom?

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Why was this page deleted? There's no talk history discussing it and it doesn't show up in the deletion log. It does need some cleanup, but I'm just going to restore it. Nkedel 00:54, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Should the second section be merged with coprocessor? Nkedel 02:03, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The section on coprocessors is unnecessarily biased towards the x86. Many other chips until the early-mid 90s had separate coprocessors, even if they were not explicitly mentioned in the literature. MIPS comes to mind, but this was also true of the VAX and if memory serves HPPA. I can rewrite if necessary, but ideally someone with more specific knowledge than me would be better suited.

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