Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!vsi1!wyse!mips!mash From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips Subject: Re: Clarification Keywords: mips dec whoever Message-ID: <24073@winchester.mips.COM> Date: 26 Jul 89 03:06:01 GMT References: <2293@itivax.iti.org> <1124@hcx1.UUCP> Reply-To: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) Distribution: comp Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 19 In article <1124@hcx1.UUCP> leoh@hardy.hdw.harris.com (Leo Hinds) writes: >As far as I have been told ... MIPS is ONLY a compiler Co (these days) and lets >others manufacture it chips ... based on that I would say this group should be >open to all machines based on the MIPS chip. MIPS is not a chip company: we do VLSI architecture and implementation, but we have semiconductor partner arrangements with 5 companies that have the right to produce the chips we design and variants thereof. We expect to do VLSI design for a long time, but I doubt we'll ever have a fab. We certainly do compilers and sell them, and we'll do that for a long time, but: We "also" sell systems; also = 70% of our revenue, last year, this year, and what much of our sales force actually does.... -- -john mashey DISCLAIMER: UUCP: {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!mash OR mash@mips.com DDD: 408-991-0253 or 408-720-1700, x253 USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 E. Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086