Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!reading!minster!yorkohm!nigelm From: nigelm@ohm.york.ac.uk (Nigel Metheringham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Risc rumors and Tao7 Message-ID: <1991Mar8.094302.2815@ohm.york.ac.uk> Date: 8 Mar 91 09:43:02 GMT References: Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK Lines: 20 In smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) writes: >So according to this, NeXT is not considering the 88000 chips >for a new generation of machines. The rumors were pretty thick >about this last year. The MIPS chip is a worthy one, but >I would think it will be rather expensive. Anyone know what >the R6000 set goes for now? You wouldn't want to use an R6000 - it may be fast but its ECL logic, so its not a workstation type of chip - its a large box with airconditioning system. >The MIPS workstation version of this >costs around $150,000 I think. MIPs workstations based on the R3000 (which go like the wind), start around 10,000 pounds (sterling) list, educational about 7,000. This is an off-the-top-of-my-head figure based on a couple of quotes I've recently got. Nigel.