Wayne%OZ.AI.MIT.EDU@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU (Wayne McGuire) (09/29/86)
Date: Saturday, 27 September 1986 20:45-EDT
From: SARGON%UMass.BITNET at WISCVM.WISC.EDU
I have seen three references to the 68030. Does such a beast actually
exist on paper or otherwise? If so would someone kindly pass along
some information on it. Thanks in advance.
-Steve
[The following contains pointers to a generation of AI-oriented 68040 and
80486 chips, and is reprinted without the permission of Newsnet or IDB
Daily. -- WHM]
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IDB ONLINE--THE COMPUTING INDUSTRY DAILY
Tuesday August 12, 1986
INTEL AND MOTOROLA JOSTLE FOR DESIGN WINS
Intel and Motorola continue to vie for position in the
32-bit MPU league. Motorola is expected to introduce its
68030 sometime next month, while Intel will see its 80386
moving further into the artificial intelligence market as
software suppliers come out in its support at the AAAI
symposium opening in Philadelphia today. According to
reports from the US, the 68030 tweaks the architecture of the
68020 for increased performance. It is the forerunner to the
68040, Motorola's first 32-bit processor with on board memory
management unit. Details of Intel's 80486 are still sparse,
but the direction of the 80386 into the AI market suggests
that the new part will be optimised for AI applications in
knowledge-based systems and natural language interfaces. Key
goals for the 80486 are the support of Lisp and Prolog, with
all products targetted to support Unix System V. Among the
companies reported by US trade paper, Electronic News, to be
working on AI languages and development environments are Gold
Hill, which will have a System V version of the GCLisp 386
developer with compiler, interpreter and Emacs editor by the
first quarter of 1987; and Lucid, with its Common Lisp
environment with compiler, interpreter, debugger and foreign
function interface. Franz will have its Common Lisp
environment and tools ready in the autumn; while Arity is
planning a Prolog programming environment plus tool set for
early 1987. Companies still expected to make a formal
commitment of support are Quintus and Teknowledge.