Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!qmw-dcs!guinness!dc From: dc@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Daniel Cohen;E303) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: iWarp Architecture Overview (was: LONG) Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 13:01:54 GMT References: <1991Jun3.172230.6901@iWarp.intel.com> <2622@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> <4077@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> Sender: usenet@dcs.qmw.ac.uk Lines: 29 Nntp-Posting-Host: guinness.dcs.qmw.ac.uk In <4077@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> carroll@ssc-vax (Jeff Carroll) writes: >I am fascinated about the geographically differing perceptions of the >microprocessor market. I get the idea that the two most-talked-about >micro architectures in the UK are the xputer and the ARM, both of which >are practically unknown in the USA. Consequently I suppose that Inmos >is seen in the UK as a major competitor of Intel. >But then, they run funny network protocols over there, and drive on the >wrong side of the road :^). Well, I can't argue about the arseways ( tr. assways ) addressing and driving on the "wrong" side of the road, but your earlier point is nonsense! The transputer is talked about a lot because it's interesting, not because we think it's a serious threat to the 386! We don't see Inmos "as a major competitor of Intel". On the contrary, most British people are so used to the commercial failure of UK innovations that we're surprised Inmos has lasted this long :-) As for the ARM, I've no idea why you think it's talked about a lot here. All credit to Inmos for surviving in difficult circumstances; just maybe they will seriously threaten Inmos some day! Until then we're under no illusions. -- Daniel Cohen Department of Computer Science Email: dc@dcs.qmw.ac.uk Queen Mary and Westfield College Tel: +44 71 975 5249/4/5 Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK Fax: +44 81 980 6533 *** Glory, Glory, Hallelujah ***