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- From: woodacre@mips.com (Michael Woodacre)
- Subject: Re: transputers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.133231.10709@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Followup-To: comp.parallel
- Sender: fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve Stevenson)
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- Reply-To: woodacre@mips.com (Michael Woodacre)
- Organization: mips technologies
- References: <1992Dec17.134236.4247@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Dec15.134641.8093@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 22:29:08 GMT
- Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu
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- In article <1992Dec17.134236.4247@hubcap.clemson.edu>,
- steved@lion.inmos.co.uk (Stephen Doyle) writes:
- > 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.
-
- I don't believe transputer is a trademark of INMOS - I believe it was
- delibrately not made a trademark with the intention of creating a
- generic name for the industry.
-
- >
- > 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.
-
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