Droogies, Looks like PPC is in solid supply, so why buy sgi?
I figure SGI would be good for 3d software and servers, in case the supply of PPC chips dried up and Apple needed an alternative platform to run OSX on. As you may recall, SGI used to own MIPS...
IBM just landed a contract to supply Nintendo with... get this... 400Mhz Cu PPC chips. Maybe by Christmas. Nintendo used to use chips from MIPS,which is up 15% today... go figure!
< Nintendo, IBM team up on Dolphin
By Michael Kanellos
Staff, CNET News.com
May 12, 1999, 5:10 p.m. PT
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Nintendo's new gaming system, code-named Dolphin, will be one of several hybrid machines coming to the
market late this year and in 2000, blurring the line between game consoles and home PCs. Such new
systems will feature not only great graphics and fast processors, but also DVD drives, modems,
browsing capabilities, software compatibility, and other accessories that will allow them to perform many
of the functions associated with multimedia home computers.
Sony's PlayStation 2, for instance, can be configured with a DVD drive, high speed Rambus memory, USB
ports, digital surround sound, and an "Emotion" processor that will outperform a Pentium III in certain
respects, according to analysts. It arrives in late 2000.
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Dolphin, which arrives in time for the holidays in 2000, will be distinguished by its processor. The system
will come with a copper 400-MHz PowerPC chip, code-named Gekko, that is similar to the highest-speed
processor used currently in Apple computer systems. The contract could amount to sales of up to $1
billion in processors, according to IBM.
Currently, Nintendo incorporates a processor designed by MIPS Technologies in its Nintendo 64 consoles.
MIPS currently gets 75 percent of its revenue from Nintendo.>
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