PVR@be.ac.rug.autoctrl (04/23/91)
In message <1093@keele.keele.ac.uk>, Paul Mitchell writes: >> "Inmos has finally unveiled the T-9000 Transputer processor, formerly >> known by it's code name, H1. It claims a peak performance of 200 mips >> and 25 megaflops (million floating point operations per second). The >> sustained performance is 115 mips/18 megaflops. The T-9000 is thus >> about 10 times faster than the T-800, with which it is compatible. >> Anyone care to comment (like when, where and how much) ? The T9000 video I watched yesterday evening (which is by the way highly oriented towards the American market) and which will probably be shown to the people at Transputing '91 in sunny California, is definitely a lot more professional than the ones they made for the first generation transputer. The video and the leaflets keep banging on the three main applications SGS-Thomson/Inmos sees, imaging, communication and computing. The schedule says 3Q91 for prototypes of the T9, 1Q92 for full production. Nobody knows what the price will be, but what would you care to give for a 205 pin, 2 million transistor device, whose single processor performance beats everything there is on the market now (how about 1Q92 ?) and is even easier to use in multiprocessing applications than the first generation of transputers ? Still, I think an introduction price of more than 1000 $ would do the T9000 more harm than good. If anyone has comments on the price and performance rating of the T9000 compared to other processors, which are being announced/introduced right now (88100, R4000, TI, ...), please send them to me ! It is interesting to see that the processor is already backed by a number of large hardware and software vendors and that ST/Inmos has also thought about VME, Futurebus and FDDI interfacing. I will have a paper on the T9000 in the next week or so. If people are really interested to get this, they can ask for a copy. Your local SGS- Thomson/Inmos office should also be able to tell you more about this interesting processor by now. Patrick Van Renterghem pvr@autoctrl.rug.ac.be Belgian Regional Transputer Support Center Tennisbaanstraat 42, B-9000 Gent, Belgium