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In article <1gitslINNnat@gap.caltech.edu> ernest@pundit.cithep.caltech.edu (Ernest Prabhakar) writes:
>In article <1giql5INNo5@hamblin.math.byu.edu> bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu (Bill  
>Smith) writes:
>> Well, I'll pass another rumor on from a friend.  While the
>> 88110-flavor box has been dropped, another design based
>> on it appears to be the version they will release.  It has
>> a multiprocessing feature with plug-in sites for several
>> cpu's, you just have another plugged in if you want it.  The
>> alpha is not going to be the chip they use, it will also
>> not be P5. No waiting for 68060 either.  Not R4000-etc.
>> Not Sparc.  Not IBM.  Want to take a guess what's driving
>> it? 
>
>What does that leave?
>
>HP PA-RISC is the obvious answer.  It's fast, cheap, has a good rep, and might  
>pave the way for a NeXTSTEP port to Snakes.
>
>I suppose something exotic like an AMD is conceivable, but much less likely.
>Would you dare to speculate on *when*?
>

Not a rumor, not even speculation, not even a wish ... just a remote
possibillity ... since multi-processing is supposed to be one of the
great things about Mach, why not use the one processor that was
designed specifically _for_ multiprocessing ? I am talkingabout the
Inmos transputers -- the T9000, or whatever their latest design is
called ... I think even a machine with a couple or 4 of the (now a
couple of years old) T-800:s would be pretty sexy, and then NeXT could
boast about having not only the best UI, but also the only
multi-processor-box for home use ...

Besides, the transputers are not on the above list of processors they
didn't go with so ... maybe my wild shot actually hit a pheasant ? :)

>
>- Ernie P.
>
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