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Article #1114Re: NS32000 Processor
From: Bruce K. Martin Jr.
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1987 01:11
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1987 01:11
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In article <642@umnd-cs.D.UMN.EDU> rhealey@ub.UUCP (Rob Healey) writes: > > Great blurb on the 32k, why'd you leave us big endder's out tho? > 32032's power two different parallel processing powerhouses: > > Encore Mutimax series > Sequent (I think) > > Wonder why the 32k was chosen to be the base unit in multi processor > computer's? Probably because the other's couldn't handle the job! > According to a talk I attended last week by Dr. Chen of Encore (Director of Software R&D -- if memory serves), one of the main reasons that the NS32K series was choosen was the great instruction set (Test and Set mentioned explicitly). > > -Rob Healey > > rhealey@ub.d.umn.edu ...bruce ps. We have a great name for our Encore... Hydra :-) Bruce K. Martin martin@iris.ucdavis.edu
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!ucdavis!martin@iris.ucdavis.edu (Bruce K. Martin Jr.) From: martin@iris.ucdavis.edu (Bruce K. Martin Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: Re: NS32000 Processor Message-ID: <543@ucdavis.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 21:11:54 EDT Article-I.D.: ucdavis.543 Posted: Mon Jun 8 21:11:54 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jun-87 05:49:53 EDT References: <266@udcps1.UUCP> <642@umnd-cs.D.UMN.EDU> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.UUCP Reply-To: martin@iris.ucdavis.edu (Bruce K. Martin Jr.) Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 28 Summary: From the horse's mouth...