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 Message-ID: <1795@ogccse.ogc.edu> Date: 22 Sep 88 17:48:46 GMT References: <253@uceng.UC.EDU> Reply-To: pase@ogccse.UUCP (Douglas M. Pase) Distribution: na Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR Lines: 16 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. -- Douglas M. Pase Department of Computer Science tektronix!ogccse!pase Oregon Graduate Center pase@cse.ogc.edu (CSNet) 19600 NW Von Neumann Dr. (503) 690-1121 x7303 Beaverton, OR 97006-1999