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From: tdonahue@europa.bbn.com (Tim Donahue)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: 88K Servers (Was: Tektronix shutdown & move away from 88k's??)
Message-ID: <60571@bbn.BBN.COM>
Date: 5 Nov 90 02:08:58 GMT
References: <1536@ftc.framentec.fr> <1990Oct19.120218.9450@canterbury.ac.nz> <15497@hydra.gatech.EDU> <2176@lupine.NCD.COM> <42310@mips.mips.COM> <jdarcy.656653748@zelig> <42413@mips.mips.COM>
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Reply-To: tdonahue@europa.bbn.com (Tim Donahue)
Organization: BBN Advanced Computers, Inc.
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In-reply-to: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey)

In article <42413@mips.mips.COM>, mash@mips (John Mashey) writes:
>...
>Hence, if there are going to be big technical servers in 1991, it's probably
>up to Encore...  If there aren't some in this market in 1991, 1992 won't
>matter very much...

BBN Advanced Computers manufactures and sells the TC2000, a scalable
shared-memory multiprocessor based on the 88K.  Each function card
consists of one 88100 and three 88200s, 16 Mb of memory, and a VMEbus
interface.  Function cards communicate and share memory via our
proprietary Butterfly network switch interconnect.  The system runs nX,
compliant with UNIX 4.3bsd, and optionally pSOS+m, a small,
high-performance real-time kernel developed by Software Components
Group.

Systems with up to 64 processors are available now.  A 128 processor
system is scheduled for delivery early next year.  The architectural
limit is 512, and we've seen interest for systems much larger than that.
The TC2000 makes a fine "big technical server", and has been available
for sale since June 1989.

Didn't we show you one when you spoke here, John? #)

>-john mashey	DISCLAIMER: <generic disclaimer, I speak for me only, etc>

Cheers,
Tim

PS: Sorry about the plug...we sometimes don't get the attention we deserve.