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From: marat@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: Series 32000; alive and well
Summary: 35532 UNIX systems
Keywords: Series 32000, embedded processors, imaging
Message-ID: <1990Jun5.142308.20224@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 5 Jun 90 14:23:08 GMT
References: <14013@nsc.nsc.com>
Sender: Kirk Marat
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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The 32000 series is still used in at least 1 UNIX system, made by
Bruker Analytische Messtechnik GmbH of West Germany.  These computers
are used as an integral part of their magnetic resonance spectroscopy
and imaging systems and are also sold as workstations.  The current version
uses a 32532 (with fpu, mmu, etc.) as the main cpu, and typically has 3 32016's
running real time UNIX sub-kernals to handle data acquisition, display and
ethernet.  16 Mb of fast memory are directly connected to the cpu and up
to 128 Mb of additional memory can be installed on the VME bus. 
An array processor is linked to the graphics sub-system and to the
pixel memory  over a separate bus.  The UNIX implementation is V.3.
Performance in processing and displaying magnetic resonance imaging data
is several times that of other systems in this market (Sun).