[rescue] Re: rescue Digest, Vol 24, Issue 12

[Andrew Jones]

 >On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:14:24 +0200 (EET) > Meelis Roos <mroos at linux.ee> 
wrote:

>I believe the i960 did also implement some "ada" friendly 
>facilities in silicon.

The i960 was a product of the fallout of the i432 project, if I recall correctly.  Something about a joint venture with a german company for a government project and capability architectures.  The whole mess failed, but they got the i960 out of it.