Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!bionet!agate!ucbvax!LYNX.NORTHEASTERN.EDU!tmetro From: tmetro@LYNX.NORTHEASTERN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Rocket and Zip Chip Question Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 88 20:44:06 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 pnet01!crash!handies.ucar.edu!umigw!umbio!bsherm (Bob Sherman) writes: > in article <740@umbio.MIAMI.EDU>, dnelson@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Dru Nelson) says: > > Can anybody tell me what kind of chip the rocket or zip chip are? > > What process was used to create these chips? > > Who is the real group behind both of these chips(or person, as rumors > > describe)? > > Any answers to these questions would be extremely helpful! > The "brain" behind both of those chips is a young man that I recently > met at an Applefest party named David Hewitson. He is currently in the > employ of Bits & Pieces Technology.. From my understanding the Zip Chip and the Rocket chip are two competing products. The Rocket Chip is a Bits & Pieces product. From my conversation with an engineer at WDC (Western Design Center) the Rocket Chip uses a WDC W65C02 core CPU in addition to fast (static) cache RAM and cache control logic all in one package. The Zip Chip uses similar technology but I don't know the details. ___________ ./ Tom Metro \_____________________________________________________________. | _ _ | | INET: tmetro@pro-angmar.uucp --/\/\_| |_| '- DigiTell, Inc. | | ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-angmar!tmetro@nosc.mil Newton, MA | | UUCP: [sdcsvax nosc]!crash!pnet01!pro%angmar!tmetro | |_Alternate: tmetro@lynx.northeastern.edu__________________________________|