Sunnyvale, California-based MIPS Computer Systems Inc has extended both its CMOS and its ECL computer lines, introducing the RC3360 RISComputer as the highest performing CMOS system in its product line, and RC6260 as a lower cost, compact version of the RC6280, which it claims to be the industry’s fastest ECL system, bringing the number of servers offered by the company to seven, spanning a performance range of 16 to 44 SPECmarks. MIPS also introduced board-level CPU and memory products, and cut prices on current memory boards and SCSI disks. The RC3360, rated at 26.4 SPECmarks, is based on a 33MHz R3000A RISC and starts at $65,500 with four Ethernet links, seven VME slots, 32Mb memory, expandable to $256Mb, and 663Mb disk, expandable to 20Gb. It’s out next month. The RC6260, delivering 44 SPECmarks, uses the R6000 chip, and starts at $139,500 with 32Mb memory and 663Mb disk. Memory goes to 128Mb, disk to 44Gb. It’s out now. The RB3133 RISCard is a highly integrated board-level product, also with 33MHz R3000A CPU, plus SCSI and Ethernet ports and full VME interface – and is the processor board used in the RC3360. The one-off price is $15,500 and it’s out next month. A new 64Mb board using 4M-bit chips is $28,000, a 128Mb board is $49,000, also February. The 16Mb boards using 1Ms are cut 28.6% to $10,000 for 16Mb, 10.5% to $17,000 for 32Mb. On disks, the 1Gb SCSI drive falls 27% to $9,500, the 663Mb ic cut 30% to $5,000 and the 328Mb 14% to $3,500. On the software front, Sybase Inc’s relational database becomes the 1,000th program to be supported. Sybase SQL Server is $16,500 to $79,000; SQL Toolset from $6,300 to $38,000; Client/Server Interfaces from $2,000 to $9,500 from the second quarter. NetWare for RISComputers, based on Novell Inc’s Portable NetWare, is now shipping at from $3,300. MIPS has four new products of its own Data Manager and Data Manager Plus to improve disk input-output performance and data availability; MIPS Visual Debugger, an OSF/Motif-style X Window System debugger that supports dbx and the full suite of MIPS compilers; and MIPS ANSI C; no prices provided for these.
