Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: What NeXT *should* do next. Message-ID: Date: 24 Mar 90 00:39:36 GMT References: <1378@shelby.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 25 In-reply-to: lane@sumex-aim.stanford.edu's message of 23 Mar 90 17:19:13 GMT In article <1378@shelby.Stanford.EDU> lane@sumex-aim.stanford.edu (Christopher Lane) writes: > The CPU >should be based on the new IBM RISC chip used in the recently announced >RS/6000 line ... Why? A chip like the SPARC is available from many sources, while the IBM chip is available only from a major competitor. Or use any of the other RISC chips. I'd much prefer to buy my chips from Moto or MIPS or some such ... What makes you think that the IBM chips are superior to the i860 or the 88k? Not that it's really an issue. o you really believe that IBM will let you get their chip? Did you ever see IBM selling RAM chips? Any other kind of chips? > It should perform at between 20 & 30 >MIPS. 50 MHz 68040 will do nicely. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | Q: How does a project get to be one CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late? A: One day at a time.