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The DeskStation Tyne was a line of computer workstations made by DeskStation Technology
DeskStation Technology

DeskStation Technology was a manufacturer of RISC-based computer workstations intended to run Windows NT. DeskStation was based in Lenexa, Kansas, Kansas....
 and based on the MIPS
MIPS Technologies

MIPS Technologies, Inc. , formerly MIPS Computer Systems, is most widely known for developing the MIPS architecture and a series of pioneering Reduced instruction set computer Central processing unit....
 R4000 and R4400
MIPS architecture

MIPS is a RISC instruction set architecture developed by MIPS Technologies . In the mid to late 1990s, it was estimated that one in three RISC microprocessors produced were MIPS implementations....
 series of RISC microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
s. The DeskStation Tyne was designed to run Windows NT
Windows NT

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was originally designed to be a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix....
, and was designed to conform to the Advanced RISC Computing
Advanced RISC Computing

Advanced RISC Computing is a specification promulgated by a defunct consortium of computer manufacturers , setting forth a standard MIPS Technologies RISC-based computer Computer hardware and firmware environment....
 standard and run the associated firmware
Firmware

Firmware is a term sometimes used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs that internally control various electronic devices. Typical examples range from end user products such as remote controls or calculators, via computer parts and devices like harddisks, keyboard s, TFT screens or memory cards, all the way to scientific instr...
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The DeskStation Tyne was a line of computer workstations made by DeskStation Technology
DeskStation Technology

DeskStation Technology was a manufacturer of RISC-based computer workstations intended to run Windows NT. DeskStation was based in Lenexa, Kansas, Kansas....
 and based on the MIPS
MIPS Technologies

MIPS Technologies, Inc. , formerly MIPS Computer Systems, is most widely known for developing the MIPS architecture and a series of pioneering Reduced instruction set computer Central processing unit....
 R4000 and R4400
MIPS architecture

MIPS is a RISC instruction set architecture developed by MIPS Technologies . In the mid to late 1990s, it was estimated that one in three RISC microprocessors produced were MIPS implementations....
 series of RISC microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
s. The DeskStation Tyne was designed to run Windows NT
Windows NT

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was originally designed to be a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix....
, and was designed to conform to the Advanced RISC Computing
Advanced RISC Computing

Advanced RISC Computing is a specification promulgated by a defunct consortium of computer manufacturers , setting forth a standard MIPS Technologies RISC-based computer Computer hardware and firmware environment....
 standard and run the associated firmware
Firmware

Firmware is a term sometimes used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs that internally control various electronic devices. Typical examples range from end user products such as remote controls or calculators, via computer parts and devices like harddisks, keyboard s, TFT screens or memory cards, all the way to scientific instr...
.

See also

  • MIPS architecture
    MIPS architecture

    MIPS is a RISC instruction set architecture developed by MIPS Technologies . In the mid to late 1990s, it was estimated that one in three RISC microprocessors produced were MIPS implementations....
  • MIPS Magnum
    MIPS Magnum

    The MIPS Magnum was a line of computer workstations designed by MIPS Technologies and based on the MIPS architecture series of RISC microprocessors....
  • ShaBLAMM! NiTro-VLB
    ShaBLAMM! NiTro-VLB

    The ShaBLAMM! NiTro-VLB was a computer system that used a MIPS architecture R4600 microprocessor implemented on a VESA VESA Local Bus peripheral card and designed to function when connected to a host computer system using an Intel i486....
  • Jazz (computer)
    Jazz (computer)

    The Jazz computer architecture was a motherboard and chipset design originally developed by Microsoft for use in developing Windows NT. The design was eventually used as the basis for most MIPS architecture-based Windows NT systems....
  • Windows NT
    Windows NT

    Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was originally designed to be a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix....


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