[geeks] New SGI workstation

[Eric Dittman]

> > My point was the disappearance of the MIPS architecture.  Even if Sony has
> > custom CPUs, they are still MIPS architectures.  With the loss of the
> > licensing fees (which I assume weren't one-time only), that's a loss of
> > revenue for MIPS.
> 
> Ahh, tes, but when we say that the PS3 is a custom CPU, that doesn't
> nescesarily imply that Sony is loosing licensing fees because it could
> be yet another custom CPU based on a licensed MIPS core.  Unless you
> know more than what you said in "The Playstation 3 is supposed to use a
> custom CPU."

I've heard the CELL is not MIPS-based.  That information could be wrong,
however.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net