Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!xylogics!merk!alliant!linus!ramsdell From: ramsdell@mitre.org (John D. Ramsdell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: RISC Coprocessor Boards -- Let The Market Place Decide Message-ID: Date: 10 Jul 90 11:03:45 GMT Sender: ramsdell@linus.mitre.org Reply-To: ramsdell@mitre.org Distribution: comp.sys.next Organization: Mitre Corporation, Bedford, MA. Lines: 17 In article <112780@linus.mitre.org> ramsdell@mitre.org writes: >It seems that NeXT is committed to the use of antiquated CPU's. I think my use of the word antiquated was inappropriate and overstated my point. I really had two points in mind. [1] It makes little sense to replace the CPU of a NeXT Computer when instead you can simply add a CPU. Is that not one of the advantages of using Mach as your kernel? Why does the mother board have to have the major processing power? [2] Let the market place decide if the new processor should be RISC or CISC. If vendors think they can make a better profit by selling CISC coprocessor rather than RISC coprocessors, so be it. Let the competition begin! John