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From: kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de (Reinhard Kirchner)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Opinions on Hyperstone ?
Keywords: Hyperstone, 32-bit-processor
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Date: 24 Jan 91 11:04:34 GMT
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Hello World,

there is a 32-bit processor called Hyperstone, which was developed by a small
company here in Germany, and will, as far as I know, be manufactured by
Zilog.

We had recently a discussion here on it, and now I want to ask You all:

Is it known at all ?

What to people, especially our gurus, think about its architecture and other
technical features ? ( If it is known, of course ) ?

I can't type in the user's manual here, so I have to ask those who already
have at least heard about it. This is an important information by itself.

It is clear that Hyperstone will neither replace i80x86 ( -:( ) nor x8000 nor
Sparc nor Mips etc., so I do not even ask for its chances in the market.

Reinhard Kirchner
Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Germany
kirchner@uklirb.informatik.uni-kl.de
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