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- From: andy@cs.caltech.edu (Andy Fyfe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
- Subject: Re: New RISC workstations (MIPS R4400)
- Date: 10 Nov 1992 07:17:00 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology
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- Message-ID: <1dnnlcINN2r1@gap.caltech.edu>
- References: <1992Nov5.061437.24266@RedBrick.COM> <1992Nov8.015101.11828@cs.su.oz.au> <1992Nov10.031446.24527@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov10.031446.24527@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> halpin@vsg1.dsg.dec.com (Stephen E. Halpin) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov8.015101.11828@cs.su.oz.au> jimu@orthanc.xa.au.oz.au (James Uther) writes:
- >>I read recently that someone has produced a R4400 clone, so going with the
- >>R4400 would be as good as going with sparc (except of course that the R4400
- >>is a better chip). Multi-vendor, RISC, etc.
- >>Anyone know anything more?
- >
- >MIPS stuff is also made by Integrated Device Technology Inc., LSI Logic Corp.,
- >NEC Electronics Corp., Performance Semiconductor Corp., Siemens Components Inc.,
- >and Toshiba Corp (this from the MIPS press announcement.)
-
- NEC has recently announced the VR4400, running at 75MHz (compatible with
- the MIPS R4000).
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- The price is currently 400,000 yen ($3,300), and is expected to drop
- to 200,000 yen ($1,650) next April, when the chip becomes available in
- quantity.
-
- Speed is not going to be cheap, at least not for a while.
-
- Andy Fyfe andy@cs.caltech.edu
-