The Cupertino, California-based buyout from Digital Equipment Corp, MicroModule Systems Inc, has a new family of Intel Corp Pentium-based multichip modules for Unix and Microsoft Corp Windows NT-based servers and workstations. The Northstar line, which will be available from next quarter, comprises one Pentium processor, one Intel 82496 cache controller, and 18 Intel 82491 dual-port […]
The Cupertino, California-based buyout from Digital Equipment Corp, MicroModule Systems Inc, has a new family of Intel Corp Pentium-based multichip modules for Unix and Microsoft Corp Windows NT-based servers and workstations. The Northstar line, which will be available from next quarter, comprises one Pentium processor, one Intel 82496 cache controller, and 18 Intel 82491 dual-port cache SRAMs with 512 Kb of secondary cache. The products support 64-bit and 128-bit memory interfaces, either strobed or clocked bus protocols and they operate at 5V – 3.3V versions will be available by the middle of the year, the company promises.
