Meiko Scientific Ltd, Bristol says it is currently having advanced discussions with a client for the supply of a 64-processor configuration of its 80860-enhanced Computing Surface, delivering up to 1.5 GFLOPS sustained performance (CI No 1,277): the company says it will continue to supply pure Transputer boards for high MIPS applications, but expects the new board to win it signal and image processing business from military, industrial and scientific users; at the 1989 Intel Fair at London’s Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith, the system was demonstrated simulating an advanced airport baggage check system, applying image techniques to X-Ray images in real time; deliveries should begin early next year, but the company gave no prices.
