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From: conor@lion.inmos.co.uk (Conor O'Neill)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Sun Viking chip
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Date: 19 Dec 90 14:15:55 GMT
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In article <44130@mips.mips.COM> mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) writes:
>	b) Next-generation RISC chips from MIPS (R4000) and Sun (Viking)
>	should come out in 1991, and are reputed to be pretty aggressive
>	chips with a lot of stuff crammed in there.  I don't know
>	when they started; we started (effectively) about 30-33 months
>	after Intel.

Could anyone from Sun comment on this Viking chip?
I've not heard any mention of it before.

If (and only if) no-one from Sun feels able to comment, could anyone else
supply any details?

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Conor O'Neill, Software Group, INMOS Ltd., UK.
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"It's state-of-the-art" "But it doesn't work!" "That is the state-of-the-art".