Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 07:24:52 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.Technion.AC.IL> Cc: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Yann Ramin <atrus@matadore.montereyhigh.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IA64 Message-ID: <4.2.0.56.19990708071909.03f9cda0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95-heb-2.07.990708101118.19553A-100000@csd> References: <4.2.0.56.19990708010511.04150de0@localhost>
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At 10:15 AM 7/8/99 +0300, Nadav Eiron wrote: >The fact the only remaining relative of the i860 is the i960 (and they are >not close relatives, BTW) is exactly why I say it wasn't successful. The >i860 was _not_ an embedded design. Not so. Intel sold it as an embedded design, and *actually refused* to sell it to any manufacturer who wished to use it as a general purpose CPU on any significant scale. Intel allowed MicroWay to build boards which used one or more i860s in combination with an x86 in the same machine, but they actively discouraged the development of any i860 products that would cannibalize their precious x86 monopoly. The parts just wouldn't be available. I attended an Intel presentation at the time when the i860 was released which emphasized this. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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