[Info-vax] Wasn't VAX first??

[Arne Vajhøj]

Michael Austin wrote:
> From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor
> "The world's first single-chip fully-32-bit microprocessor, with 32-bit 
> data paths, 32-bit buses, and 32-bit addresses, was the AT&T Bell Labs 
> BELLMAC-32A, with first samples in 1980, and general production in 1982 
> (See this bibliographic reference and this general reference"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX says:

<quote>
A full VLSI (microprocessor) implementation of the MicroVAX architecture 
then arrived with the MicroVAX II's 78032 (or DC333) CPU and 78132 
(DC335) FPU. The 78032 was the first microprocessor with an on-board 
memory management unit[5] The MicroVAX II was based on a single, 
quad-sized processor board which carried the processor chips and ran the 
MicroVMS or Ultrix-32 operating systems. The machine featured 1 MB of 
on-board memory and a Q22-bus interface with DMA transfers. The MicroVAX 
II was succeeded by many further MicroVAX models with much improved 
performance and memory.

Further VLSI VAX processors followed in the form of the V-11, CVAX, SOC 
("System On Chip", a single-chip CVAX), Rigel, Mariah and NVAX 
implementations.
</quote>

Arne