Re: NeXT's RISC Workstation

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From: Ernest Prabhakar
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 18:55

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In article <1992Apr7.172037.15896@praxis.co.uk> jez@praxis.co.uk (Jeremy Prior)  
writes:
> 			  NEXT TAKES ON 88110 CPU FOR
> 			     NEW RISC WORKSTATION
>     NeXT is planning to
>     announce in October a workstation based on two 88100 RISCs.
>     Motorola rates it at 63 SPECmarks.  The box is to be about
>     $100 per MIPS.

Hmm.  Say (just for the heck of it) that 63 SPEC is 75 MIPS, so two would be  
150 MIPS, which would be $15,000 for the NRW.  However, the other rumours make  
it a 200 MIPS box for $10,000 - or $50/MIP.  Maybe that's the discount price.

Yeah, it's silly to try to get hard numbers from rumours, but its something to  
do while waiting for 3.0...

- Ernie P. 
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