Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!FISCHER@RUTGERS.ARPA From: FISCHER@RUTGERS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: National's 16k, no good designers? Message-ID: <16524@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 14:41:57 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16524 Posted: Tue Feb 7 14:41:57 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 06:43:18 EST Lines: 18 From: RonWhile we are on the topic of problems with bringing the latest generation of bigga-micros to market, could someone confirm or deny the following scuttlebutt.... I had heard that the problem at National Semiconductor is: the original design for the 16032 was done by outside people hired for that project alone. The MMU and FPU are being done by in-house people and are apparently not yet shipping due to continuing problems(?) National does not appear to have any good designers in-house. This does not bode well for the entire product line. Motorola, although w/o an advanced software theology, is able to produce advanced chip designs with their own people. (ron) -------