Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!guidry From: guidry@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David A Guidry) Subject: Re: name of RS6000 processor? Message-ID: <1991May7.011736.27263@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Organization: Northwestern University References: Date: Tue, 7 May 1991 01:17:36 GMT Lines: 13 In article khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw) writes: >Sun has SPARC, DEC/MIPS have MIPS, HP/Apollo has PRISM. Does the RISC >CPU in the RS/6000 have a name (other than RS/6000)? In development they were referring to the processor as the "Romp II" because its MIPS romped all over anything in the market. Dave -- David A. Guidry | empire: guaranteed to | Unfortunately, we did not Student Consultant | lower your GPA by 2 pts | realize that he was stupid Academic Computing and Network Services | --April Glaspie | US Ambassador to Iraq