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Article #1609Re: iAPX-432 ?
From: Jon Thatcher
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1989 21:49
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1989 21:49
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jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) writes: > Intel killed it [iAPX-432] off very quietly, just like the bubble memories. >(Killing off the bubble memory division was a great pity since Intel >made the most beautiful bubble memory controllers and interface chips >I have ever seen. The corresponding Western Electric bubble chips >required a whole board of nasty analog electronics to make them work, >whereas you only needed 5 chips for the Intel approach.) Intel ALMOST killed off their bubble memories. They sold that division to a company called MemTech (?), which rehired many ex-Intel engineers and scientists. They're still developing and selling bubble memories. --Jon (thatcher@claris.com)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!apple!claris!thatcher From: thatcher@claris.com (Jon Thatcher) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: iAPX-432 ? Message-ID: <10409@claris.com> Date: 20 Jul 89 21:49:20 GMT References: <328@arnor.UUCP> <3224@paul.rutgers.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA Lines: 14