[comp.sys.transputer] AMD's 29000

PVR%autoctrl.rug.ac.be@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK (Patrick Van Renterghem / Transputer Lab) (05/30/89)

Dear mailing list,
 
Is the rumour that Frank Hayes wrote in Byte (the YAI860A (yet another I860
article)) true that AMD is pulling its 29000 out of the 32-bit market ?
 
If so, it would mean that the most important 32-bit manufacturers at this
moment are: Motorola, Intel, Inmos, MIPS, National, Sun, Intergraph, Acorn, ...,
in descending order of importance.
 
Any comments on the AMD rumour ?
 
Patrick
 
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tim@crackle.amd.com (Tim Olson) (05/31/89)

In article <8905301031.AA04699@uk.ac.ox.prg> PVR%autoctrl.rug.ac.be@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK (Patrick Van Renterghem / Transputer Lab) writes:
| Dear mailing list,
|  
| Is the rumour that Frank Hayes wrote in Byte (the YAI860A (yet another I860
| article)) true that AMD is pulling its 29000 out of the 32-bit market ?

No, this was an inadvertent typo.  What Frank meant to say was that AMD
has concentrated on targeting the embedded control market, rather than
the Unix Workstation market.  Look for a retraction/clarification in the
next issue of Byte. 

	-- Tim Olson
	Advanced Micro Devices
	(tim@amd.com)