Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!gatech!mcnc!rti!mozart!massengi From: massengi@unx.sas.com (Darrell Massengill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k Subject: Re: Tektronix shutdown & move away from 88k's?? Message-ID: <1990Oct31.180726.18797@unx.sas.com> Date: 31 Oct 90 18:07:26 GMT References: <1990Oct19.120218.9450@canterbury.ac.nz> <15497@hydra.gatech.EDU> Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 37 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >Motorola is claiming that their next generation 88K processor will >perform b/w 60 and 100mips when running at 25MHz. I think that there >is a market for a chip like this. Neither Apple or NeXT have chosen a >RISC for their next generation machines, and I think that they will, >considering the performance advantage of RISC. Apple has sold 10 >times as many machines as Sun. If they go with the 88K, Motorola will >catch up fast in the RISC arena. > >-Mike The Oct. 15 Computerworld (page 6) indicates that Apple is using the new 88110 chip in a new Macintosh that is due out early next year. This could be a sign that Apple will move toward the 88000 architecture in general. Even though the SPARC and MIPS people who post to this news group want you to believe that the 88000 is a "dead" architecture - I believe that it is still too early to decide who will and will not make it. I think those folks from SPARC and MIPS hope if they say it is dead often enough it will become true. They may be worried about not remaining #1 and #2. I've seen the specs on the new 88110 (under non-disclosure) and I think they have reason to be worried... And speaking of rumors - is there any truth to DEC moving away from MIPS and toward their own architecture? If so, MIPS should worry. (That should SPARC some debate from the MIPS folks). Disclaimer: Opinions are mine, mine, mine... -- Darrell Massengill Manager of Host Development SAS Institute Inc. massengi@unx.sas.com (919) 677-8000 x7658 SAS Campus Dr, Cary, NC