Its really said the i960 didn't take off. Intel wasn't in Unix workstation market much and the high end was owned by Digital and IBM. Intel was working on i860, i960,
Intel if they had added quicker, could have cooperated with a Unix workstation maker and potentially done really well.
Sun was defiantly looking around for a chip partner at the time, but non of the American companies were interested so they went Japan. So the timing didn't really work out. A Sun Intel alliance would have been a scary prospect and beneficial for both companies.
Intel if they had added quicker, could have cooperated with a Unix workstation maker and potentially done really well.
Sun was defiantly looking around for a chip partner at the time, but non of the American companies were interested so they went Japan. So the timing didn't really work out. A Sun Intel alliance would have been a scary prospect and beneficial for both companies.