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ND-5700

An ND-5000 built as CPU type 2, with instruction, data and address cache, smart ifgo.

Introduced 1987
Type Model of ND-5000
Word length 32-bit
Needs a host? Yes - needs an ND-120/CX
Replaced -
Replaced by -
Survivors 10 on the machine list (1 dismantled, 9 unknown)

The short version

One of the ND-5000 models. On this line the model number is largely a configuration, not a different design: the CPU type, the master clock setting and which caches are enabled are what separate one model from the next. ND built this one to replace the ND-570/CX: its own sales document says the ND-5700 "has approximately the same CPU performance as the ND-570/CX".

Specification

Item Value
CPU type 2
CPU model number 7
I/O processor ND-120/CX
Master clock Normal (70 ns)
Caches enabled Instruction, data and address cache, Smart IfGo
Whetstone MIPS 3 - 3.5
Architecture As ND-500

Sources

  • Primary: Reference-Manuals/500/ND-05.020.01 EN ND-5000 Hardware Description.md
  • Primary: ND-SID001-A1-EN Sales Information Document, Dec 1986, via SINTRAN/ND5000/ND5000-FAMILY-MODELS-REFERENCE.md
  • Secondary: ndwiki ND-5000 family

Full context: MACHINE-TIMELINE.md.