On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 10:36:54AM -0700, H . J . Lu wrote: > On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 10:23:02AM -0700, Jun Sun wrote: > > > > Does anybody know if there is such a "MIPS PC" machine? Essentially > > I am looking for a machine with MIPS CPU and PC peripherals (such as > > SIMM RAM, PCI bus, EIDE HD, VGA graphics, PS/2 mouse/kbd, etc). > > > > It would be really nice to have such a box. If it is massively produced, > > the price should be cheaper than i386 PCs because MIPS CPU price is > > much cheaper. > > I doubt that. By basic premises of RISC CPU over CISC CPU... > Can you tell me how much 1GHz MIPS CPU might be cost? > My guess is it will be more expensive than x86. On the other hand, > 100MHz MIPS may be much cheaper than similar x86, if it is still > made. > Don't know about 1Ghz MIPS CPUs. I know some 200-300 MHz ones are selling less than $20. Imagine how much it would be if you are sell them in the volumn of i386 PCs. Jun
