From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!menlo70!nsc!freund Newsgroups: net.micro Title: WARNING this may be a commercial message. Article-I.D.: nsc.267 Posted: Wed Jan 26 04:50:55 1983 Received: Sun Jan 30 09:36:30 1983 Expires: Wed Feb 9 04:50:55 1983 *********************************************************************** WARNING: The following may be construed as a commercial message. If you are concerned, stop here. *********************************************************************** We at National Semiconductor are soliciting comments from all interested parties concerning the definition of our next generation of microprocessors. There are a few givens: 1) It is to be upward compatible from the 16008/16032/32032 2) It is to be available in the 1985-86 timeframe 3) Its performance level will be 6-8 times current 16032 levels. NOW: The question is what else ought it to have? Additional instructions? Multiprocessor features? Support for your favorite languages? Operating system primatives? or anything else you, the user community need. Please mail your comments to me by net or by snail mail bob freund National Semiconductor 1135 Kern Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 thanks for your cooporation