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- From: d89cb@efd.lth.se (Christian Brunschen)
- Subject: Re: NRW- coming soon
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.120131.5165@lth.se>
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- Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
- References: <1giql5INNo5@hamblin.math.byu.edu> <1gitslINNnat@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 12:01:31 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- In article <1gitslINNnat@gap.caltech.edu> ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu (Ernest Prabhakar) writes:
- >In article <1giql5INNo5@hamblin.math.byu.edu> bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill
- >Smith) writes:
- >> Well, I'll pass another rumor on from a friend. While the
- >> 88110-flavor box has been dropped, another design based
- >> on it appears to be the version they will release. It has
- >> a multiprocessing feature with plug-in sites for several
- >> cpu's, you just have another plugged in if you want it. The
- >> alpha is not going to be the chip they use, it will also
- >> not be P5. No waiting for 68060 either. Not R4000-etc.
- >> Not Sparc. Not IBM. Want to take a guess what's driving
- >> it?
- >
- >What does that leave?
- >
- >HP PA-RISC is the obvious answer. It's fast, cheap, has a good rep, and might
- >pave the way for a NeXTSTEP port to Snakes.
- >
- >I suppose something exotic like an AMD is conceivable, but much less likely.
- >Would you dare to speculate on *when*?
- >
-
- Not a rumor, not even speculation, not even a wish ... just a remote
- possibillity ... since multi-processing is supposed to be one of the
- great things about Mach, why not use the one processor that was
- designed specifically _for_ multiprocessing ? I am talkingabout the
- Inmos transputers -- the T9000, or whatever their latest design is
- called ... I think even a machine with a couple or 4 of the (now a
- couple of years old) T-800:s would be pretty sexy, and then NeXT could
- boast about having not only the best UI, but also the only
- multi-processor-box for home use ...
-
- Besides, the transputers are not on the above list of processors they
- didn't go with so ... maybe my wild shot actually hit a pheasant ? :)
-
- >
- >- Ernie P.
- >
- >--
- >Ernest N. Prabhakar Caltech High Energy Physics
- >Member, League for Programming Freedom (league@prep.ai.mit.edu)
- >CaJUN President NeXTMail:ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu
- >"...and ourselves, your servants for Jesus sake." - II Cor 4:5b
- >#import <std/disclaimer.h>
-
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