rja@edison.CHO.GE.COM (rja) (04/07/89)
Here are details on the new Sun Workstations gathered from rumours published in the trade press. Folks would be wise not to trust this too much since the trade press is often somewhat off in it's pre-announcement rumour-mongering... Model MIPS Cost($US) CPU Timeframe ----- ----- ----- ----- --------- 4/50 10-13 6-10K Sparc Spring 1989 4/1xx 10-15 20K Sparc (replaces 4/110 ) Spring 1989 4/2xx 15-20 40K Sparc (replaces 4/260 ) Spring 1989 4/3xx 35-40 ??? Sparc Winter 1989 3/2xx ~ 7 30K 68030 (replaces 3/260 ) Spring 1989 3/70 ~ 3.5 6-10K 68030 (replaces 3/60 ) Spring 1989 486i 10 ??? 80486 Winter 1989 I'm not sure just how meaningful the MIPS measurements are because of the differences between RISC (Sparc) and CISC (68030) performance for a given MIPS rating. As always these are personal views and my employer doesn't necessarily agree. rja@edison.CHO.GE.COM