Whenever Intel Corp adds to its 80960 RISC family these days, it always seems that one hears about it not from the company but from someone planning to use it – in this case Fremont, California-based Mylex Corp, which says it plans to offer a suite of RAID disk array software and firmware to be used with the new 80960 RP input-output processor. It appears that the 80960 RP uses a RISC core called to 80960 JF and kits it out with on-chip support circuitry to create a single-chip input-output processor designed for use in servers; the part, which sounds like the RISC successor to the 80186 and is designed to give a big increase in input-output bandwidth, will sample in the fourth quarter at $48.85 for 10,000-up. Boards and systems using the processor are expected early next year.
