Toshiba Corp, which is not part of the triumvirate collaborating on microprocessors for the Tron operating system, plans to complete test manufacturing of two types of 32-bit Tron chips one a special-purpose ASIC, the other general purpose – by the end of the year. The applications-specific part will be for machine control, and the general purpose part will be aimed at the personal computer market. The company is looking for performance in the 5 to 10 MIPS range. Toshiba will also start manufacturing Motorola’s 16-bit 68000 family members at the two companies’ Tohoku Semiconductor joint venture this spring but there is no date yet for start of 68020 and 68030 manufacture.
TOSHIBA DEVELOPS ITS OWN TRON MICROPROCESSORS…
