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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
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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."

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