Cirrus Logic claims its new CL-CD1400 intelligent input-output co-processor is the first UART – Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter – to incorporate Unix character processing capabilities. Designed for Unix workstation applications, with four ports, it has a proprietary RISC processor embedded in it architecture dedicated to communications processing. It goes into volume production in October, priced at $19 apiece for 1,000-up.
