<s>
Hombre	O
is	O
a	O
RISC	B-Architecture
chipset	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
designed	O
by	O
Commodore	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
personal	O
computers	O
and	O
multimedia	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
,	O
a	O
next	O
generation	O
game	O
machine	O
called	O
CD64	O
and	O
a	O
3D	O
accelerator	O
PCI	B-Protocol
card	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Commodore	O
International	O
ceased	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
AAA	B-Device
chipset	I-Device
when	O
they	O
concluded	O
conventional	O
PC	O
clones	O
would	O
have	O
similar	O
performance	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
AAA	O
machines	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
place	O
of	O
AAA	O
,	O
Commodore	O
began	O
to	O
design	O
a	O
new	O
64-bit	B-Device
3D	O
graphics	O
chipset	B-Device
based	O
on	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
'	O
s	O
PA-RISC	B-Device
architecture	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
personal	O
computer	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hombre	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
any	O
planar	B-Device
mode	O
,	O
nor	O
any	O
emulation	B-Application
for	O
the	O
legacy	O
Amiga	B-Device
chipset	B-Device
or	O
Motorola	B-Device
680x0	I-Device
CPU	B-General_Concept
registers	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
was	O
completely	O
incompatible	O
with	O
former	O
Amiga	B-Device
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Hombre	O
designer	O
Dr.	O
Ed	O
Hepler	O
,	O
Commodore	O
intended	O
to	O
produce	O
an	O
AGA	B-Device
Amiga	B-Device
upon	O
a	O
single	O
chip	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
single	O
chip	O
would	O
include	O
Motorola	O
MC680x0	O
core	O
,	O
plus	O
the	O
AGA	B-Device
chipset	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chip	O
could	O
be	O
integrated	O
in	O
Hombre	O
based	O
computers	O
for	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
with	O
AGA	B-Device
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chip	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
principle	O
to	O
the	O
chip	O
bus	O
controller	O
found	O
in	O
Agnus	O
,	O
Alice	O
,	O
and	O
Andrea	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
chipsets	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
full	O
double	O
precision	O
floating	B-General_Concept
point	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
was	O
also	O
under	O
consideration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
principle	O
to	O
the	O
Denise	O
,	O
Lisa	O
,	O
and	O
Monica	O
chips	O
found	O
on	O
original	O
Amigas	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
chipset	B-Device
also	O
supported	O
future	O
official	O
or	O
third-party	O
upgrades	O
through	O
extension	O
for	O
an	O
external	O
PA-RISC	B-Device
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
chips	O
and	O
some	O
other	O
circuitry	O
would	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
PCI	B-Protocol
card	I-Protocol
,	O
through	O
the	O
ReTargetable	B-Application
Graphics	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
plans	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
Exec	O
kernel	O
to	O
low-end	O
systems	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
possible	O
due	O
to	O
financial	O
troubles	O
facing	O
Commodore	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
a	O
licensed	O
OpenGL	B-Application
library	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
low-end	O
entertainment	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
plan	O
for	O
the	O
Hombre-based	O
computer	O
system	O
was	O
to	O
have	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
compatibility	O
,	O
with	O
native	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
recompiled	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
big-endian	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
to	O
run	O
legacy	O
68k	B-Device
Amiga	B-Device
software	O
through	O
emulation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
chose	O
the	O
PA-RISC	B-Device
instruction	O
set	O
over	O
the	O
MIPS	B-Device
architecture	I-Device
and	O
first	O
generation	O
embedded	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
microprocessors	O
,	O
mainly	O
because	O
these	O
low-cost	O
microprocessors	O
were	O
unqualified	O
to	O
run	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
n't	O
the	O
case	O
for	O
the	O
64-bit	B-Device
MIPS	B-Device
R4200	B-Device
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
rejected	O
for	O
its	O
high	O
price	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hombre	O
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
clean	O
break	O
from	O
traditional	O
Amiga	B-Device
chipset	B-Device
architecture	O
with	O
no	O
planar	B-Device
graphics	O
mode	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hombre	O
also	O
does	O
n't	O
feature	O
the	O
original	O
eight	O
Amiga	B-Device
sprites	O
,	O
early	O
iterations	O
of	O
Hombre	O
featured	O
a	O
new	O
,	O
incompatible	O
sprite	O
engine	O
but	O
Commodore	O
decided	O
to	O
drop	O
sprites	O
because	O
sprites	O
had	O
become	O
less	O
attractive	O
to	O
developers	O
compared	O
with	O
fast	O
blitters	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chipset	B-Device
could	O
be	O
sold	O
either	O
as	O
a	O
high	O
end	O
PCI	B-Protocol
graphics	O
card	O
with	O
minimal	O
peripherals	O
ASICs	O
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
DRAM	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
lower	O
cost	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
based	O
game	O
system	O
(	O
CD64	O
)	O
using	O
cheap	O
32-bit	O
DRAM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Dr.	O
Ed	O
Hepler	O
,	O
Hombre	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
fabricated	B-Architecture
in	O
3-level	O
metal	O
CMOS	B-Device
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
had	O
fabricated	B-Architecture
the	O
AGA	B-Device
Lisa	O
chip	O
and	O
collaborated	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
AAA	B-Device
chipset	I-Device
.	O
</s>
