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From: adam@hyper.lap.upenn.edu (Adam Feigin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: New Apollo product: DN10000
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Date: 10 Mar 88 16:58:10 GMT
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Keywords: DN10000, 64 bits

There's an article highlighting the DN10000 in the March 3,1988 issue of
Electronics entitled: "Surprise! Apollo unveils a 'desktop' supercomputer"
(pages 69-70)....
Some excerpts:

"...among other things, the PRISM (Parallel RIS Microprocessor) design makes
the 10000 the first RISC system to hit an execution rate of more than 1
instruction per cycle...executes 1.2 to 1.3 instructions per cycle....first
workstation to with a true 64-bit system architecture, including CPU, FPU, and
system buses....."

"...A fast -- 150,000 Mbyte/sec CMOS system bus called the X bus links the CPU,
memory, and graphics subsystems"

Oh yes, the article goes on to mention that the graphics subsystem won't be 
available until a few months after the base systems ship, due to the fact that
the design was started after the CPU design.

I suppose we'll all have to wait until an 'official' product announcement
makes it here for more concrete details !!! (Are you listening Apollo ??? :-})

							Adam





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