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I participated in last weeks TAT'92, the german
transputer users conference.
David May gave a talk on transputers in general.
His talk was similar to the one he held in 1991
(nothing new). In 1991 he spread some vague ideas 
on pipelining and modular chip design etc. These ideas
were missing this year. He gave no outlook on
future Transputer generations, except: improved technology
will deliver faster chips (higher frequency) with faster links.
He stated that they will develop future chip generations,
if the market demands them. ...
He showed one slide of the T9000 alpha series (with missing
virtual channel processor) and introduced into the chip's building
blocks. Thereafter he handed one sample of the
alpha series (sic!) to a representative of Parsytec GmbH.
He stated that the beta series was still under production
at that time. 
According to David May, testing of the chip will continue, and it
is only a question of time until we will see a working T9000.
With a little luck (according to D. May), we will see some
working chips in November.

H. Boden
Uni - GH Siegen; Wirtschaftsinformatik