New Pyramid?!?

[Carl S. Gutekunst]

In article <376 at front.se> zap at front.se (Svante Lindahl) writes:
>A Swedish computer weekly had a note a about a new 140 MIPS Pyrmaid
>machine today.

My apologies for not informing the faithful. Pyramid Technology has announced
the "Corporate MIServer," a high-end multiprocessing system that employs four
to twelve 12 MIPS CPUs. The CPU is Pyramid's third-generation commercial-RISC
design, implemented in 2-micron CMOS, and is completely binary compatible with
the 90x and Series 9000 CPUs. The MIServer is really an evolutionary product,
rather than revolutionary; it provides a compatible upward migration path for
folks who are outgrowing their 9845's. 

That much you could figure out from the trade press. I am writing a longer,
more technical article, to be posted later. In the meantime, those who have
specific questions can e-mail them to me.

>The article also said the that machine was running OSx 5.0.  Is 5.0
>out for the older machines as well?

Not yet, but it will be. We're in second round beta test right now; FCS is
supposed to be in June or thereabouts.

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