1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (03/09/90)
Are there any RC6280s (R/6000 boxes) in the real world? (Or at Mips such that they can be talked about?) I'm writing grant proposal specs for some R/3000-based systems with the expectation that when/if any $$$ actually turn up, we will want R/6000 versions of the same things instead. [Not trying to be mysterious here; what I'm specing out is top-of-the-line Silicon Graphics multi-processor IRISes.] Now that IBM is running around with spectacular speeds in their RS/6000 line, I'd like some benchmark results showing that the Mips R/6000 chip is at least in that ballpark. Dongarra/Linpack-type benchmarks would be OK; surely somebody's done this? Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics & Modeling Lab SPAN--KUPHSX::SYBYL Department of Medicinal Chemistry 913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (05/03/90)
In article <10176@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, kahn@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Shahin Kahn) writes: > In article <38225@mips.mips.COM< cprice@mips.COM (Charlie Price) writes: > <In article <22441.25f76f2e@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > <>Are there any RC6280s (R/6000 boxes) in the real world? (Or at Mips > > Didn't CDC announce a R6000 based machine?? > > <>I'm specing out is top-of-the-line Silicon Graphics multi-processor > > Has SGI announced that they will have an ECL box?? The R6000 is ECL isn't it? Yeah, R/6000 is ECL but no, SGI hasn't announced anything. What I'd *hoped* was going to be SGI's R/6000 announcement was their 33Mhz R/3000. I'd been assuming that *everybody* with Mips CPU-based systems would not only have R/6000 boxes in the works by now but *cheap* R/6000 boxes, lest IBM eat their lunch with the IBM R_*S*/6000 M320s. But this is not happening. Apparently, R/6000 implementation is more hassle than I, at least, thought it was going to be. Too bad. I *DO* want 7+ Mflops/CPU; I *DO NOT* want IBM, unless there's no alternative. Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics & Modeling Lab SPAN--KUPHSX::SYBYL Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall 913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045