18 Feb
2022
18 Feb
'22
10:30 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 6:55 AM Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Speaking of vector processors: there's a very obscure DEC processor, the
DEC MPP. I remember seeing the processor architecture document when it was
being designed, not sure why. It's a very-RISC machine, just a few
instructions, but lots of cores especially for that time -- 256? More?
Recently I saw it mentioned in some documents, apparently it did get
produced and shipped, perhaps only in small numbers. I wonder if any have
been preserved.
There was one listed on eBay for an obscene (like $500k?) price for quite
awhile, don't see it listed right now though. Somehow I doubt it sold.
But at least there's one out there, somewhere...
- Josh
As far as I know there is no family connection between
that machine and
anything else DEC did before or since.
paul