Re: MIPS PC - anyone?

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>]

On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 08:01:16PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:

> > > It would be really nice to have such a box.  If it is massively produced,
> > > the price should be cheaper than i386 PCs because MIPS CPU price is
> > > much cheaper. 
> 
> Nearly every CPU other than x86 would be cheaper in mass production.
> Unfortunately, mass production seems not to happen.
> 
> > I doubt that. Can you tell me how much 1GHz MIPS CPU might be cost?
> > My guess is it will be more expensive than x86.
> 
> You might ask e.g. Sibyte about it. :-)

Well, Sibyte doesn't give you one but two CPUs on the die of thei SOC.
Details see the various online resources.  Btw, not yet shipping but
Linux supported :-)

  Ralf