Path: utzoo!dciem!array!colin From: colin@array.UUCP (Colin Plumb) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: iWarp Architecture Overview (was: LONG) Message-ID: <1949@array.UUCP> Date: 13 Jun 91 20:36:45 GMT References: <1991Jun3.172230.6901@iWarp.intel.com> <2622@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> <4077@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> <16586@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> Organization: Array Systems Computing, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Lines: 13 In article <16586@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> steved@inmos.co.uk (Stephen Doyle) writes: >So, INMOS are only surviving are we? Looks to me like we are holding the >lead in RISC processor sales. Well, except for the minor detail that the Transputer, focused as it is on minimising the semantic gap, is actually quite a CISC. You can draw parallels with the Intel 432, although the thrust of the development is quite different (CSP rather then capabilities). The point still stands, however, that the Transputer outsells the i860 and i960 combined. -- -Colin