Fujitsu Ltd has begun marketing the Sparclite series of RISC microprocessors. The MB86931 has claimed performance of 42 VAX MIPS and operates at 40MHz; it is smaller and more cost-effective for higher speed working than the predecessor MB86930, and useful as a controller for office automation and factory automation equipment. The 20MHz 14 VAX MIPS performance MB86933 is a compact chip, with the lowest price-performance in its class, the company says. Sample shipments began last week, with volume production of the MB86931 from the first quarter next year, and of the MB86933 from December. Fujitsu aims to get 200,000 of the chips away each month next fiscal.
