Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!hao!noao!mcdsun!fnf From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Letting goodies slip? Message-ID: <335@mcdsun.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 19:37:55 EDT Article-I.D.: mcdsun.335 Posted: Tue Jul 7 19:37:55 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 03:05:41 EDT References: <127@spdcc.COM> <1090@killer.UUCP> <497@winchester.UUCP> <4083@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish) Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division Lines: 21 Keywords: Sun-4 RISC In article <4083@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> earle@jplopto.JPL.NASA.GOV (Greg Earle) writes: >In article <497@winchester.UUCP> mash@winchester.UUCP (John Mashey) writes: >>SunRise / SPARC /Sun-4 should be announced this week, >>and they ought to be over 20K Dhrystones, too. > >Alright, I'll bite. What are `SunRise' & `SPARC'? Is the Sun-4 a >non vaporware entity now? Is it a RISC based machine, as has been rumored? According to EE Times, June 29 issue, page 13, in Apollo article: "... Sun Microsystems Inc. will headline a show all its own in New York on July 8. The solo performer is Project Sunrise, a 10-Mips workstation that uses a proprietary reduced-instruction set computer (RISC) design implemented in a 20,000-gate CPU produced by Fujitsu." -Fred -- = Drug tests; just say *NO*! = Fred Fish Motorola Computer Division, 3013 S 52nd St, Tempe, Az 85282 USA = seismo!noao!mcdsun!fnf (602) 438-5976