Fujitsu Ltd claims that its new MB-92301-25 and MB92301-33 contributions to the G-Micro collaborative family of microprocessors optimised for the Japanese Tron operating system are the world’s fastest complex instruction set chips. The 33MHz version is rated at 32 MIPS, the 25MHz version at 24 MIPS. They are sampling now at a pricey $1,385 for the faster, $1,000 for the slower, and Fujitsu looks to sell 10,000 per month once mass production has started. At the same time, Fujitsu announced a set of development tools that enable software for the G-Micro family of Tron processors to be developed on Sparc-based Unix workstations.
