Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> At 08:42 PM 8/9/99 +0200, Hans wrote:
> >What about MIPS recently de merged from SGI. Then there is ARM,
> >Motorola, Intel if you count microprocessors (you listed Sparc) as
> >opposed to microcontrollers which would add a whole slew of other
> >companies like National, Microchip, Atmel...
>
> The distinction (arbitrary I know) is companies that designed their own
> architecture and built systems around it, not companies that adopted
> someone elses architecture. People like ARM, Motorola, and Intel are chip
> companies, not computer companies (although each has provided a computer
> based around their architecture at one time.) SPARC, while it may be
> considered a microprocessor with the advent of the "Tsunami" chip, prior to
> that it was a multiple chip architecture and from the F8 discussions we all
> know that a microprocessor is by definition a single chip :-)
OK, do I get any points for HP with the PA-RISC?
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