Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!shelby!decwrl!fernwood!asylum!sharon From: sharon@asylum.SF.CA.US (Sharon Fisher) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: HP Precision Architecture and Hitachi Keywords: HP-PA, VLSI, PA+, second sources Message-ID: <3363@asylum.SF.CA.US> Date: 13 Aug 89 15:29:00 GMT References: <1678@zen.co.uk> <582@mmlai.UUCP> <1684@zen.co.uk> Reply-To: sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher) Organization: The Asylum; Belmont, CA Lines: 26 In article <1684@zen.co.uk> frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales) writes: >Also, yesterday I noted the following in the UK rag 'Mini-Micro News', >August 1989: > > "HP is reportedly talking to Hitachi and VLSI Technology about > fabricating the next generation processor, known as PA Plus. > > "HP would be unlikely to encourage widespread 'cloning' of the processor, > and would probably limit fabrication to two sources. > > "The new PA Plus processor is said to include features taken from the > recently acquired Apollo Computer's Prism RISC design, and is expected > to include support for multi-processing." [That didn't take long! > Also, doesn't PA have multi-processing support in any case?] > "Is reportedly" generally means, "We read it in another magazine." "Is said to" can mean one of several things: "HP said this, but we're not sure if we believe them," or "This is what other people (possibly at HP) have told us, but they won't let us use their names." -- "Goldfish are quiet, under the water. "Girls who keep goldfish are often quite noisy." -- The Jazz Butcher