Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!amdahl!oliveb!intelca!clif From: clif@intelca.UUCP (Clif Purkiser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: Re: NS32000 Processor Message-ID: <3479@intelca.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jun-87 13:33:57 EDT Article-I.D.: intelca.3479 Posted: Wed Jun 10 13:33:57 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 04:26:08 EDT References: <266@udcps1.UUCP> <642@umnd-cs.D.UMN.EDU> Organization: Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. Lines: 22 > > Great blurb on the 32k, why'd you leave us big endder's out tho? > 32032's power two different parallel processing powerhouses: > > Encore Mutimax series > Sequent (I think) > > Wonder why the 32k was chosen to be the base unit in multi processor > computer's? Probably because the other's couldn't handle the job! It seems that Sequent has seen the light and switched processors for their next generation product. The reason they switched wasn't because the 386 good run MS-DOS it was because it was faster. -- Clif Purkiser, Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. {pur-ee,hplabs,amd,scgvaxd,dual,idi,omsvax}!intelca!clif These views are my own property. However anyone who wants them can have them for a nominal fee.