Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 21:26:54 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDT processors? Message-ID: <199711100426.VAA29847@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971108232824.23632A-100000@darkstar.home> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971108225631.5031B-100000@dot.ishiboo.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971108232824.23632A-100000@darkstar.home>
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Charles Mott writes: > On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Atipa wrote: > > > P.S. Have any FreeBSD users tried out the new IDT chip? > > > > What/Who is IDT? I heard about some So. CA startup company using the > > SGS/Thompson Fab. Is that them? > > IDT (Integrated Device Technologies) makes alot of odds and ends chips. I > used to use them for fast static RAM chips in custom board designs. I > wouldn't count these guys out. They might be pretty good. Actually, they've been around for quite some time. This have a pretty good line of embedded MIPS risc chips, and I think they did one or two of the early SPARC chips. SPARC-1 timeframe, if I remember right. Might be doesn't apply here, but marketing came go along way in "overcoming" competent engineering; look at Digital. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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