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- From: jfr@RedBrick.COM
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- Subject: Re: New RISC workstations (MIPS R4400)
- Keywords: RISC
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.061437.24266@RedBrick.COM>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 06:14:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov3.035949.23338@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> halpin@vsg1.dsg.dec.com (Stephen E. Halpin) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov2.154050.23454@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> eboltz@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Eric Scott Boltz) writes:
- > ... valid stuff deleted ...
- >
- >A note blew by here about the R4400, which clocks at 75MHz (150MHz internal),
- >has a 32KB on chip cache, and is pin for pin compatable with the R4000PC/SC/MC
- >chips, leaving a clear upgrade path if NeXT were to ship an R4000 system today.
- >A dual R4000MC for under $10K would be quite a design feat, but it would get
- >them on the RISC map with a clear, glowing future. Speed claims are based on
- >simulation, and come out at SPECint89 of 95 and SPECfp89 of 126 for a single
- >processor R4400 system. There is a short blurb about "design enhancements for
- >graphics applications" in the announcement as well. The R4400s 113 SPECmark89
- >overall for a single CPU is quite respectable compared to Suns claim of
- >109 SPECmark89 for their dual processor SPARCstation 10, which had a (probably)
- >outdated preannouncement price of $39,995 (2 CPU, 64MB, 8-bit color, 1GB disk).
- >NeXTstep on a 200 SPECmark dual CPU box for $10K. Its the stuff rumors (and
- >sometimes dreams) are made of. Can Jobs and his crew be THAT good? -Steve
-
- Dream on. For my money, there is no way Jobs and crew are going to
- go with a processor from a once-almost-bankrupt now-acquired company
- which is a subsidiary of an arch-competitor (SGI). The risc is way to
- high :-) (sorry for the BAD pun)
-
- Jon Rosen
-