Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!convex!eugene!swarren From: swarren@eugene.uucp (Steve Warren) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: GaAs considered a dead end Message-ID: <3544@convex.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 89 19:12:09 GMT References: <24317@cup.portal.com> <480@dmk3b1.UUCP> <1989Nov28.104128.8045@hellgate.utah.edu> <1Tcfjq#9jMTbv=eric@snark.uu.net> <3509@convex.UUCP> Sender: usenet@convex.UUCP Reply-To: swarren@convex.COM (Steve Warren) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 21 In article <3509@convex.UUCP> swarren@convex.COM (Steve Warren) writes: =In article <1Tcfjq#9jMTbv=eric@snark.uu.net> eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes: = [...] =>or indium phosphide or even nanotechnology rod logic. But forget GaAs. It is =>almost certainly doomed to remain a niche technology funded by organizations = [...] = =;^) = =--Steve =------------------------------------------------------------------------- = {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM In case anyone is confused over this terse post, I was amused because it is public knowledge that Convex has machines currently in production that include GaAs gate arrays, as Patrick McGehearty also noted. --Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com