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- From: jsw@microunity.com (Jeff Weinstein)
- Subject: Re: 100 Mips Intel NeXT.
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- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.021515.23549@microunity.com>
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- Organization: MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc.
- References: <1gbh7hINNn7v@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 02:15:15 GMT
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- In article <1gbh7hINNn7v@agate.berkeley.edu>, nweaver@soda.berkeley.edu (Nicholas C. Weaver (The Weeniehead)) writes:
- > Also, the r4000 is a nice chip, (64 bit processor and everthing,
- > although it's pinouts make it look like a real porcupine), but is SGI
- > letting it out? SGI owns Mips now, and so they effectively controll the
- > supply of the r4000. Is there currently ANY non-sgi machine that uses the
- > r4000?
-
- This is absolutely untrue. R4000's are neither made by or sold by mips/sgi.
- They are manufactured by several semiconductor partners in Japan, US and Europe.
- You can buy them directly from any of the manufacturers.
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- --Jeff
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