DSP

Released in 1988, the NeXT computer is a legendary workstation developed and manufactured by NeXT Inc. until 1993. The company was founded by Steve Jobs, after resigning from Apple. However, Apple purchased NeXT in 1996 for over $400 million, and a great number of their innovations, such as the OS, were incorporated in later Apple products.

Released in 1992, Falcon 030 was Atari's last computer. Falcon was well ahead of its time by featuring the 32-bit 68030, the powerful 56001 DSP from Motorola, 24-bit graphics, and 8 stereo PCM channels (50 kHz ). Falcon was more expensive than its main competitor Amiga 1200 and sold not too many units.