chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (05/24/88)
For that matter, the Vax 8600 is largely a bunch of gate arrays controlled by ECL RAM. I suspect the biggest problem with this is that it tends not to be cost-effective. (How much are 8600s going for these days :-) ?) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (root) (05/25/88)
In article <11645@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: > For that matter, the Vax 8600 is largely a bunch of gate arrays controlled > by ECL RAM. > > I suspect the biggest problem with this is that it tends not to be > cost-effective. (How much are 8600s going for these days :-) ?) Xilinc has a rather convincing cost analysis that basically concludes that people can cost effectively (relative to gate arrays) apply their parts. Of course, the parts cost are really only a small component of the pricing of any electronic product. I think I've read somewhere (Bell architecture book?) an estimate that DEC costs at around a 5:1 list:parts ratio. Draw your own conclusions whether it's the gate arrays that are the *real* cost of an 8600 :-). > -- > In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) > Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris Rick Spanbauer SUNY/Stony Brook