From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Nov 9 20:13:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA00627 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 20:13:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA00622 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 20:13:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@xmission.com) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id VAA29847; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 21:26:54 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 21:26:54 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199711100426.VAA29847@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: Charles Mott CC: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDT processors? In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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