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Article #975Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise
From: Christopher Songer
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 20:58
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 20:58
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mjhostet@athena.mit.edu (Mat Hostetter) writes: > >This is true, especially if you look ahead 10 years. While it's true that the >P5 will be fast and cheap, it's a bad choice for the long run "high end" >machine. > The same things was said about the 8086, and yet today, 10 years later, the P5 looks to be one of Next's best "short term" choices. Intel does a great job at making speedy chips. They don't have the fastest first, but they only lag the Riscs by a year (and that's a heck of alot better than Motorola). Next isn't in the "ultra fast" market -- they are in the professional workstation market. They need to be tied to a vendor who delivers fast cheap silicon. Intel does do that. -Chris
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