MIPS Computer Systems Inc, which last week announced a top-end machine built around an ECL implementation of a new generation 32-bit processor architecture (not 64-bit as suggested in CI No 1,297 – that’s still to come) the R6000 chip set. Configured around a single R6000, the RC6280 data server, which ships in the first quarter of next year, will deliver 55 MIPS and 13.3 MFLOPS performance for around $180,000 – UKP200,000 in the UK and support between 400 and 500 users. A basic configuration comes with 32Mb memory – expandable to 256Mb – 655Mb disk, SCSI controller, Ethernet, TCP/IP, Network File System and RISCcomm-DN, MIPS implementation of DECnet unveiled last week. Multiprocessor versions will follow – Silicon Graphics and RC Computer already have multiprocessor R3000s out.