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From: guidry@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (David A Guidry)
Subject: Re: name of RS6000 processor?
Message-ID: <1991May7.011736.27263@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Organization: Northwestern University
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Date: Tue, 7 May 1991 01:17:36 GMT
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In article <khaw.673569511@parcplace.com> khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw) writes:
>Sun has SPARC, DEC/MIPS have MIPS, HP/Apollo has PRISM. Does the RISC
>CPU in the RS/6000 have a name (other than RS/6000)?

In development they were referring to the processor as the "Romp II"
because its MIPS romped all over anything in the market.

Dave
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