shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) (02/09/91)
I didn't see the announcement. Is this chip ECL? Re others' comments on the MIPS R-6000 chip and the possibility of its ever being in an Iris, my salesman told me last summer that SGI expects not to ever put an ECL CPU in a workstation, and the R-6000 is ECL. This conversation was not covered by non-disclosure. Now (1) he could have been wrong or misinformed; or (2) things could change; but barring these I have to assume this is the case. (This is in response to recent conversation here wondering whether there might be an R-6000-based Iris in the near future.) -P. ************************f*u*cn*rd*ths*u*cn*gt*a*gd*jb************************** Peter S. Shenkin, Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY 10027 (212)854-1418 shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu(Internet) shenkin@cunixf(Bitnet) ***"In scenic New York... where the third world is only a subway ride away."***