Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!pyramid!prls!mips!mash From: mash@mips.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Gould NP1 Message-ID: <261@winchester.mips.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Apr-87 22:43:30 EST Article-I.D.: winchest.261 Posted: Sun Apr 5 22:43:30 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Apr-87 01:23:54 EST References: <505@sw1e.UUCP> <110@hippo.UUCP> <6123@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Reply-To: mash@winchester.UUCP (John Mashey) Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 25 In article <6123@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: > >I believe that a factor almost more important than comparing where >current machines are is to investigate where their vendors are going. >The "mips" game is changing so rapidly that I for one tend to demand >some outline of a vendor's game plan for the next (very) few years. > >A rule of thumb I am using right now is that vendors must be able to >present to me the following clearly defined paths: > ....a reasonable chart of where things will be soon..... >I think the real problem will soon be finding ways to keep them busy. Thank goodness that's the one problem we won't have! At least in some sectors of this business, there's an infinite appetite for performance out there. [Some of the CAD guys are great examples: tell them you've doubled performance, and they say "Oh good! we can simulate bigger circuits now....but it still takes too long: when we can we have 4 or 8X?" ] -- -john mashey DISCLAIMER: UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!mips!mash, DDD: 408-720-1700, x253 USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 E. Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086