NeXT's RISC Workstation

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3 total messages Started by Jeremy Prior Tue, 07 Apr 1992 17:20

#905

Author: Jeremy Prior
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 17:20

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I just read the following article in Unigram.X(*) newsletter, which I include
below verbatim and without comment (reprinted with kind permission):

[Begin Included Text]
			  NEXT TAKES ON 88110 CPU FOR
			     NEW RISC WORKSTATION
    NeXT Computer Inc has decided to go ahead and adopt the Motorola
    Inc 88000 RISC according to Microbytes Daily, which hears from "a
    source that wishes to remain anonymous" that NeXT is planning to
    announce in October a workstation based on two 88100 RISCs.  The
    machine is said to be code-named NRW - NeXT RISC Workstation
    presumably - and will include real-time video compression to disk
    and may also support FDDI.  The 88110 combines the functionality
    of the 88100 CPU and the 88200 cache and memory management units
    on a single chip and includes a high degree of parallelism;
    Motorola rates it at 63 SPECmarks.  It says the chip will support
    three-dimensional colour graphics in addition to parallel
    operation, and the Mach operating system used in the NeXT can
    support multiple processes via threads.  The box is to be about
    $100 per MIPS.
[End Included Text]

(*) "Unigram.X is a weekly information newsletter for the UNIX(R)
     community worldwide"

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    mistakes & typos are my own work :-) I have no association with
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jez
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Re: NeXT's RISC Workstation

#1119

Author: 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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Re: NeXT's RISC Workstation

#1090

Author: Gerben Wierda
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 09:36

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Poor NeXT... Any new announcement hurts current sales. I think they hoped to
keep this secret until 8/92. It all depends on price strategy for NRW and
Turbo machines of course.

It is good for NeXT that the other decisions haven't leaked yet ... ;-)
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