sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) (06/14/91)
I came across an InfoWorld blurb about a NeXT(tm) box based around the Motorola
88110. It would (allegedly) pull 50-60 MIPS (ie: 3 times faster than the
68040 currently used) and has enough stuff thrown in on the chip which would
allow them to bundle in functions like image compression on-the-fly, rather
than using Yet More chips and an Intel i860 for image processing.
I wonder what this is going to do to the Moto CISC line if one of their
major customers (NeXT) goes Moto RISC plus another (Apple) is thinking about
it. It also makes for interesting speculation if you take the current UN*X
boxes (well, Data General & Motos boxes) and slap the New Improved 88110 chips
in...
Signature envy: quality of some people to put 24+ lines in their .sigs
-- > SYSMGR@CADLAB.ENG.UMD.EDU < --leconte@irisa.fr (Thierry Leconte) (06/14/91)
From article <0094A113.42199340@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>, by sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney): > I came across an InfoWorld blurb about a NeXT(tm) box based around the Motorola > 88110. It would (allegedly) pull 50-60 MIPS (ie: 3 times faster than the > 68040 currently used) and has enough stuff thrown in on the chip which would > allow them to bundle in functions like image compression on-the-fly, rather > than using Yet More chips and an Intel i860 for image processing. > > I wonder what this is going to do to the Moto CISC line if one of their > major customers (NeXT) goes Moto RISC plus another (Apple) is thinking about > it. Is Next a "major customer" of 680xx ? I don't think they sell so MANY Next to be really a "major customer" Am I wrong ? , have you any numbers ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Thierry LECONTE | , ,--- ,--- | | INRIA/IRISA | / / /--- | | Campus de Beaulieu | (___ (___ (___ | | 35042 RENNES CEDEX | | | FRANCE | (INRIA/BULL) | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Tel: 99 36 20 00 e-mail: Thierry.Leconte@irisa.fr | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~