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In article <3486@charon.cwi.nl> dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes:
| In article <1991May7.145407.18417@midway.uchicago.edu> rtp1@quads.uchicago.edu (raymond thomas pierrehumbert) writes:
|  > Alliant uses it in their shared-memory machines (800 & 2800)
| FPS and Stardent (will) use it as computational coprocessor (I think).

The Anderson Report, April 1991

  "Stardent has discontinued the Stardent 500 Stiletto workstation family.
They had problems with the vector unit integration of the MIPS R3000 and
Intel i860 processors.  Stiletto customers are being offered the new 750
system as a replacement..."

RISC Management, March 1991

  "Stratus Computer, which is still using 68K processors while struggling to
implement i860-based systems, ... The company did start delivery of FTX, its
long-delayed UNIX SVR3 port last December; no word yet, however, on the
i860-based systems."
  "Another company apparently having difficulty with the i860 is Stardent
Computer. ... Stardent has been working on an i860-based replacement for the
former Stellar product line, but, like Stratus, must be questioning whether to
continue."
  "The remaining announced i860-based multiuser system vendor, Alliant
Computer Systems, reported its third straight loss, $3 million."

For those designing high-end graphics subsystems, remember, there is an
alternative to the i860 - the Am29050.  This is not an advertisement, so
no flames...; call or email me for more information.

I speak only for myself, etc.
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