T9000 delayed until first quarter of 93.

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2 total messages Started by JPRATER Tue, 04 Aug 1992 20:29

#92

Author: JPRATER
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 20:29

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   Hi folks,


	It seems that Inmos found a severe bug in the control logic 
	of the T9000.  They have corrected it but it apparently it
	wasn't such a easy task.  This infomation was from one of those
	electronic rags  I forget which on.   I only wish that there
	floating point section was faster.


						Sorry for the Bad news.




							James K. Prater
							Systems Programmer
							Massachusetts Education
							Computer Network
						S

Re: T9000 delayed until first quarter of 93.

#93

Author: Roger Shepherd
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1992 09:15

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In article <01GN6SSA6BCGDU8JGR@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU>, 
                                     JPRATER@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU writes:|> 
|> 
|> 	It seems that Inmos found a severe bug in the control logic 
|> 	of the T9000.  They have corrected it but it apparently it
|> 	wasn't such a easy task.  This infomation was from one of those
|> 	electronic rags  I forget which on. 

This story has resurfaced recently.  It is referring to problems encountered
some time (c. 1 year) ago, not to anything discovered recently.

Recent progress on the T9000 has been good - a trade paper (Electronics 
Times?) reported CORRECTLY that the T9000 alpha silicon has now come 
out of fabrication and is being tested.  The first fully integrated T9000 
device should enter fab shortly.

(Note: the T9000 alpha contains all components of the T9000 except for 
the virtual channel system; that is it contains processor, FPU, cache, 
external memory interface, control unit and control links).
-- 
Roger Shepherd, INMOS Ltd   JANET:    roger@uk.co.inmos 
1000 Aztec West             UUCP:     ukc!inmos!roger or uunet!inmos-c!roger
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