Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!ames!amdahl!nsc!daver From: daver@nsc.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: ICM 3216 Message-ID: <4164@nsc.nsc.com> Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 20:42:43 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.4164 Posted: Fri Mar 27 20:42:43 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 17:08:22 EST References: <1775@a.cs.okstate.edu> <839@nscpdc.NSC.COM> Reply-To: daver@nsc.UUCP (Dave Raulino) Distribution: na Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 152 Summary: It's Alive! In article <839@nscpdc.NSC.COM> joemu@nscpdc.NSC.COM (Joe Mueller) writes: >In article <1775@a.cs.okstate.edu>, rjs@a.cs.okstate.edu (Roland Stolfa) writes: >> About a year ago, several gentlemen from National Semi. came to Oklahoma >> State University with a fairly impressive little machine. It was a then >> new card set called a "ICM 3216". ... > >> My question to the net is, has anyone other than me, heard of this little >> beastie? Even more interesting is what is its current status now that >> National has killed the 320XX series? > >I have been working on the ICM series of board level products for over two >years now. The ICM3216 is alive and well and shipping. It runs system V.2, >it will run V.3, and will have networking capabilities very soon. It's >definitely NOT dead. > >You need to be more careful about how you word your questions. Your statement >that National has canceled the 320XX series has our phones ringing off the >hooks. The ICM32032 product was canceled, NOT THE 320XX chip series. > >Now for the good news, the ICM32032 product was canceled because the 32332 chip >became available within the timeframe to incorporate it into our second >generation product. Instead of building boards based on both chips (and delaying >the 332 based product), we decided to go directly to the higher performance of >the 32332. The result is the ICM332-1 product that we have already announced and >will be shipping as soon as our QA department has blessed it. > > > Joe Mueller > ...!nsc!nscpdc!joemu No, No, a thousand times NO! National Semiconductor has not cancelled Series 32000. Below is a list of the microprocessors, Development products, and software available from National. CPUs ----- NS32332 - 32 bit internal and external data bus, 32-bit addressing, 4 Gbyte address space. Burst mode and dynamic bus configuration. NS32332RT - NS32332 CPU configured for real time applications not requiring virtual memory support. NS32032 - 32-bit internal and external data bus, 24-bit addressing, 16 Mbyte address space. NS32016 - 16-bit external/32-bit internal data bus, 24-bit addressing, 16-Mbyte address space. NS32016RT - NS32016 CPU configured for real time applications NS32008 - 8-bit external/32-bit internal data bus, 24-bit addressing, 16 Mbyte address space. NS32C032 - CMOS version of NS32032. Pin compatible with NS32032 NS32C016 - CMOS version of NS32016. Pin compatible with NS32016. NS32C016RT - NS32C016 CPU configured for real time applications. NS32132 - Same internal/external architecture as NS32032 with the addition of dual processor bus arbitration logic on-chip. Please note that all of these processors use exactly the same instruction set. They are 100% upward and downward software compatible. Slave Processors ---------------- NS32381 - Second generation floating point unit compatible with the NS32332 (full 32-bit data bus). NS32081 - FPU compatible with all other Series 32000 CPUs. Note that the NS32332 and NS32332RT may also use this FPU. NS32C081 - CMOS version of NS32081. NS32382 - 2nd generation MMU for the NS32332. Full 32-bit architecture and supports 4 Gbyte address space. 4K page size demand-paged virtual memory (dpvm). NS32082 - MMU for NS32032, NS32C032, NS32016 and NS32C016. Supports dpvm with 512-byte pages size. Manages up to 32 Mbytes of physical memory. Peripherals -------------- NS32201 - Timing Control Unit (TCU) that provides the two-phase clock, system control logic and cycle extension for Series 32000 CPUs. NS32C201 - CMOS version of NS32201. NS32202 - Interrupt Control Unit (ICU) that minimizes the software and real-time overhead required to handle multi-level interrupts. A single ICU manages up to 16 interrupt sources. Multiple ICUs can be cascaded to handle up to 256 unterrupts. NS32203 - Direct Memory Access Controller that will transfer up to 5 Mbytes/second. Development Support -------------------- SYS32/20 - Complete development solution consisting of a 32-bit Series 32000-based PC add-in board, complete binary port of AT&T System V, and NSC's GNX language tools. Supports up to 8 users. Available with 2 or 4 Mbytes of RAM. ICM-332-1 - Complete NS32332 computer system on two PC boards. Uses a NS32016 I/O processor. Up to 14 Mbyte main memory. Optional GENIX V.3 (NSC's version of UNIX V.3) ICM-3216 - Original Integrated Computer Module with 32016 CPU, TCU, FPU, MMU, ICU. 1-8 Mbytes of RAM. System V.2 UNIX available. Series 32000 Software ---------------------- GENIX 4.1/4.2 OS - AT&T licensed Source of Berkeley UNIX OS. GENIX 4.1 includes C Compiler (Pascal optional). GENIX 4.2 also provides local area networking. Series 32000/System V.2 - Validated port of AT&T System V.2 UNIX. GENIX V.3 - NSC port of AT&T System V.3 UNIX OS. C and FORTRAN77 compilers included. GNX tools - Language tools for native and cross environments. Asssembler C compiler FORTRAN77 compiler PASCAL compiler Real-Time OS --------------- VRTX - A Series 32000 port of Hunter & Ready's VRTX real time os. There's more I could say, and more on the way, but my fingers are tiring. If you want more info, call your local National Sales Office or call (408)-721-5000. -- Thank you for your continued support -- Dave R.