Innovative devices that once filled the need for a hardware engineer. One I remember clearly was a variable 1-4 delay pipleine delay chip 29520 which was very handy. They consumed/merged with the MMI company about that time which also made proms, and PALs. PALs were a real godsend with the ability to modify what was SSI in a device without rewiring the board. They also did bitslices in a variety of configurations before marketing decided that a 29000 risc would do the same job. Braindead. As much as it feels good that AMD has an edge in the x86 market now, its a sad thing that a once innovative company has spun off their heritage and is now a x86 company.
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Innovative devices that once filled the need for a hardware engineer. One I remember clearly was a variable 1-4 delay pipleine delay chip 29520 which was very handy. They consumed/merged with the MMI company about that time which also made proms, and PALs. PALs were a real godsend with the ability to modify what was SSI in a device without rewiring the board. They also did bitslices in a variety of configurations before marketing decided that a 29000 risc would do the same job. Braindead. As much as it feels good that AMD has an edge in the x86 market now, its a sad thing that a once innovative company has spun off their heritage and is now a x86 company.