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- From: steved@lion.inmos.co.uk (Stephen Doyle)
- Newsgroups: comp.parallel
- Subject: Re: transputers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.134236.4247@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 10:14:52 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.134641.8093@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Sender: news@titan.inmos.co.uk
- Organization: INMOS Limited, Bristol, UK
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- Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu
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- In article <1992Dec15.134641.8093@hubcap.clemson.edu> cnews@umr.edu (UMR Usenet News Post) writes:
- >First a rather silly question. I know functionally what they are
- >but is 'tranputer' a generic term for parllel processors produced
- >by SGS Thompson? (What is it there chip number, ??800, or something)
- >Also I hear they will soon be releasing a new chip, ??9000.??
- >
- >Now my real question(s):
- > Who deals in these things? I'm looking for implementations on
- > PC's with both ISA and EISA buses.
- >
- > What about the amiga, are there transputer implemetations out there
- > for the amiga (say Zorro IIIbus)?
-
- transputer is a trademark of INMOS Limited, a member of the SGS-THOMSON
- Microelectronics Group of Companies.
-
- The transputer family consists of a number of products, the T225 is a 16-bit
- architecture, T425 is 32-bit (with a low cost variant the T400),
- T805 is 32-bit + on-chip floating point unit. All transputers incorporate
- communications links and on-chip memory. The latest T9000 processor
- provides additional ease of use, high performance communications links
- and an order of magnitude CPU performance increase.
-
- There is a motherboard for the PC ISA bus available under the INMOS
- iq Systems brand name - this family of products covers board level products
- based around the transputer and software products for transputer programming.
-
- The transputer is sold and supported through SGS-THOMSON regional sales
- offices and authorised distributors. There are too many to list here and
- so if anyone wants to be put in touch with their local sales outlet please
- email me and I will forward appropriately.
-
- regards,
-
- Steve Doyle
-
- Steve Doyle, Software Marketing, INMOS Ltd | Tel +44 454 616616
- 1000 Aztec West |
- Almondsbury | UK: steved@inmos.co.uk
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