Re: Playstation 2 has as much FPU power as Merced?

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From: Aaron Spink
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 00:00

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"Russ Williams" <russ@algorithm.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Speaking of which: I saw an article a couple of days ago saying that
> dual-PIII systems were going to fall foul of some supercomputer
> export laws in the US, so a single PSX2 might well be in the same
> situation...

It would be hard for the PSX2 to fall foul of the US export limits,
since it isn't a US made/designed device.  It is a Japanese device and
as such the US law is kinda funky.  The limit is something like
2billion theoretical units of performance.  AFAIK, the dual-processor
EV6 system slide under the limit(ie, it has a "little" basis in
reality for the number).

Aaron Spink
not speaking for Compaq

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From: Aaron Spink <spink@kraftwerk.pa.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Playstation 2 has as much FPU power as Merced?
Date: 1999/03/04
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