Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer From: pete Reply-To: pete@feeney.co.uk Subject: Re: Post Mortem Organization: Posted via VBCnet GB Ltd Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:32:39 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <34E8CC97.714F9C56@feeney.co.uk> from my point of view when the transputer arrived it seemed like the answer to prayers for graphics systems but the pricing still the biggest nag was way out who was going to pay that much and get one processor when at the time you could buy 4 Z8000's for the same price and get more done a turn key system was for the Z8000 was MP/M aright it was slow but you had the compilers and a system the links graphic engine which in it's day beat the Cray 1 for rendering could not be built to cost with transputers to this day the prices are still too much try buying a single tram unit today £200.00+ as a risc chip it should have had good yield rate from the fab so costs could have been lower Intel who are struggling to gain 15% yield rate from the pentium pro ( reason for pentium II construction) can bring the cost down and with no funding! sorry rant over !! pete NewsMan wrote: > In another thread is a discussion of what a new transputer should > have, including discussions on pin compatibility etc. I wonder > though if anyone has performed a detailed business analysis of > why the product failed. (I use the term not technically because it > was a great product but failed in the sense that it didn't achieve > the market share that it looked like it would.) It seems to me that > this analysis needs to be done first or if it has been done that the > results be posted here to give respondents a basis upon which to > comment on what the future should be. If we don't view the > potential future from a basis of the lessons of the past perhaps the > same mistakes will occur and that's something none of us wants > to see happen. > > I started a new thread on this so that if there is no single business > analysis forthcoming we can add comments here. (Please delete > all the above text in any reply.) I can add observations but mine > would be mainly theoretical. I know that others have a lot of good > experience spread over a number of years so could contribute a lot > more. Would YOU care to comment? > > NewsMan