22 Apr
2000
22 Apr
'00
3:51 a.m.
Hi Dick,
That's odd ... I remember the i960 being touted
as the cat's meow
for laser printers and other highly demanding and high-speed embedded
applications....
Yep, it was originally intended as a processor for high-end workstations
etc.
However, certainly by 1992 they'd repositioned it in the embedded controller
arena - it appears in the 1992 edition of their "embedded controller &
microprocessor" handbooks.
....I was never interested enough to investigate
without a contract,
however,
since I am not an Intel enthusiast....
I actually worked with the thing for a couple of months in '92 (an embedded
application which was canned) and it wasn't a bad processor to work with at
all....which is saying something since I've either disliked or out and out
DESPISED every processor they've come up with since the 8080....
But then again, Intel did lose the plot when the 8080 team buggered off to
form Zilog.
TTFN - Pete.
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