1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn) (02/02/91)
There have just been a couple plaintive yelps on this group about lack of SGI R6000 product. About this time last year I privately asked a semi-authoritative source about '4D/6x0' models and interpreted the throat-clearing and eye-rolling to mean 'Q191.' Yet so far there aren't even any decent rumors.... I need to think about some semi-serious SGI purchases in the 3-8 mo. time-frame and would love to hear the latest gossip and speculation on SGI R6000 or (maybe better yet) R4000 products. Seems to me that a 4D/4x0 wouldn't take much re-engineering and could be around not too long after there are R4000 chips on the street. Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall 913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
yamo@nas.nasa.gov (Michael Yamasaki) (02/08/91)
In article <28303.27a989ac@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn) writes: >There have just been a couple plaintive yelps on this group about >lack of SGI R6000 product. [...] Probably best to say SGI products with a MIPS R6000 (so I'm picky)... >I need to think about some semi-serious SGI purchases in the >3-8 mo. time-frame and would love to hear the latest gossip >and speculation on SGI R6000 or (maybe better yet) R4000 products. >Seems to me that a 4D/4x0 wouldn't take much re-engineering and >could be around not too long after there are R4000 chips on the >street. > >Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab >SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall >913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 Gossip and speculation: The R6000 from my understanding is ECL and would require lots of various and sundrie glue to incoporate it in SGI's line. With strange costs and incompatabilities associated with ECL, some folks think it's not the way to go even for the speed. I'd be surprised if all that was in a 4D/4x0 line is a CPU upgrade. -Yamo- yamo@nas.nasa.gov (my once a year blather on the net)