Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!littlei!ogccse!pase
From: pase@ogccse.ogc.edu (Douglas M. Pase)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Transputer based systems.
Keywords: transputer, inmos, unix
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Date: 22 Sep 88 17:48:46 GMT
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Actually, the Transputer has found its way into several commercial products.
I understand it is especially popular in Europe.  Meiko (?) makes a computing
surface built from transputers which does certain modeling and graphics
applications very well, and at low cost.  The FPS T-Series (one tremendous
Mega Flop) is (was) based on the transputer.  Cogent Research also has a
wonderful machine which uses multiple transputers.  The Transputer's on-chip
floating point circuitry and 4Kbyte memory (yes, also on chip) means it can
really scream for the right applications.

It will probably be a while before the Transputer is as ubiquitous as the
80x86 or the Motorola x80y0, but it's not doing poorly.
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