NeXT wasn't bought until late 1996. That didnt kill the RISC project, what happened is the company dropped all hardware and became software-only (primarily on top of x86 boxes, but some lower-level pieces ran on HP and SPARC).
Re:Next Computers
by GlenTheMachine on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:45PM
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Ah, yes, you are correct. Thanks for jogging my memory.
And spun off their hardware division as Firepower systems and sold it to Canon
Re:Next Computers
by knuckleheadsmif on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:26PM
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They gave up on the 88000 the same time Apple did (yes it was considered at Apple too) and is directly related the IBM/Apple PPC partnership and Apple’s insistence that Motorola being a second source for the PPC. It was really Motorola that gave up on the 88000 and not Next.
They also had a prototype laptop, although I don't know for certain which CPU it was based on. Because the existing battery technology couldn't provide enough juice for reasonable runtime, it was going to be a plug-into-the-wall design.