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.
--
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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