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Sgi started switching to x86 for their supercomputers quite a while ago

• gaius 16y ago
  Yes that it true, however it is also true that they were making 2048-CPU MIPS IRIX supercomputers before that, so to claim that MIPS is untried in the massively-parallel space is untrue.
  • CamperBob 16y ago
    Of course, that whole 2048-CPU IRIX machine was probably about as fast as a modern high-end video card.
• 1amzave 16y ago
  True, though until semi-recently SiCortex offered MIPS-based HPC/supercomputer systems -- sicortex.com has been offline for a while, but see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiCortex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiCortex
  • gaius 16y ago
    MIPS was a bloody good processor, had SGI held their nerve they might be now where Itanic is today... Umm.