OT: RE: [rescue] XBOX vs PS2

[Dave McGuire]

On January 22, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> >   Yeah, I wasn't really going to go there, but there are metric
> > buttloads of MIPS processors in the defense industry as well...doing
> > scientific work of sorts...
> 
> True, but how many of them are R5ks for doing the hard CPU crunching?  The

  Plenty, if you count the R5Ks sitting in the nose of a missile.  (to
be fair, they're R3300s but there was a plan to follow the R-series to
avoid "that chip is no longer available" syndrome)...These are
obviously embedded applications...more speed doesn't always buy you
anything.  Cost was a big factor, since the less money they spent on
building the boxes, the more they could use to line their pockets.
Suits, y'know.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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