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From: oconnor@sungoddess.steinmetz (Dennis M. O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Proposed architecture characterization survey form
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Date: 20 Apr 88 14:53:43 GMT
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An article by ram@sun.UUCP (Renu Raman) says:
] In article <2048@gumby.mips.COM> earl@mips.COM (Earl Killian) writes:
] Here is a brief listing of RISCs from university, commercial & Govt projects
] I am sure I have missed out many more. Can somebody email me or fill in
] the rest?

] DoD & Darpa Contracted
] 
]    GE: RPM-40

  Bulk CMOS, Silicon exists.

]    RCA: ??

  RCA did TWO RISC designs for DARPA, one GaAs, one CMOS SOI : 
    One was called "GaAs Microprocessor"
    The other was called "High-Speed CMOS Microprocessor"

  Unfortunately, neither design was funded for production.
  BTW, GE and RCA are one company now. That happened about
  halfway through the RCA micro's design period. No silicon.

]    TI: ??

  TI and CDC ( Control Data ) teamed up to do, for DARPA :
    "High-Speed GaAs Microprocessor", which is still in development I think.
    Recently anounced fab of a below-target-speed version, I think.

]    MD: ??

  McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics Company did the MD 484, in GaAs
  Still in development, I think. 

]    Rockwell: ??

  I don't know anything about the Rockwell effort. Is it DARPA ?

  You left out Sperry. Sperry ( now part of Unisys ) did the
  "High Speed CMOS Microprocessor", also for DARPA. Silicon exists.

]    Renukanthan Raman				ARPA:ram@sun.com

The GE RPM-40 used to be called "High Speed CMOS Microprocessor" too,
among other things. We decided it took too long to say, and was
eating space on our viewgraphs. So RPM-40 ( RISC Pipelined
Microprocessor, 40MIPS ) was born. 

Check the Goverment Printing Office for reports on these efforts.
They are not classified, but are ITARS restricted, I think.
--
 Dennis O'Connor   oconnor%sungod@steinmetz.UUCP  ARPA: OCONNORDM@ge-crd.arpa
        ( I wish I could be polite all the time, like Eugene Miya )
  (-: The Few, The Proud, The Architects of the RPM40 40MIPS CMOS Micro :-)