From: Timothy Wilson Subject: INDUSTRY: Atari Jaguar in EE times, some quotes Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1993 12:19:53 -0700 (PDT) (sorry, i don't have a issue # , but it should be a very recent one ) [thingies in brackets are my own opinions/thoughts] The following excerpts were taken from an article in the July 5 issue of EE Times titled, "Atari Jaguar an IBM Animal." "... Jaguar, a 64-bit RISC-based system offering realtime 3-D shaded surfaces with texture mapping." "The system's graphics performance is compared by the company to that of the 3-D engines in midrange Unix workstations." [great, a paraphrase of an opinion, next week I'm going to Atari myself and find out some hard facts, what numbers are you interested in?] "Jaguars core consists of two chip sets, one holding the 64-bit RISC processor and the other containing DSP Hardware." [Oops! i've always been told it's been one! sorry guys n' gals ] "The 64-bit RISC processor is capable of processing video data at a high rate, handling various video effects as well as full-motion video compression on its own..." "To meet its cost goals, Atari had to push ASIC technology to the limit. The chip sets will be manufactured by "one of the top four silicon vendors in the world" using the "smallest geometry " available..." [I've heard Motorola at first, but now a Japanese company and something about .5 Micron ASIC?] "The company intends to introduce an add-on PC card featuring the company's proprietary 64-bit RISC processor..." "In the long run, Jaguar is designed not just as a cartridge-based game machine. It will use a 32-bit expansion port to connect to cable and telephone networks, and a digital signal processing port for modem usage and connection to digital audio peripherals." "This I/O structure reflects Time Warner's 25 percent stake in Atari." "IBM, working with a 30-month contract worth $500 million, will be responsible for component sourcing, quality testing, console assembly, packaging and distribution, and will build the system at its Charlotte, N.C., facility." "According to IBM, the prototypes of the Atari Jaguar system will come out in July, ramp-up models in August and mass-production versions in September." --Snip snip--