Thanks for following up on this, Bill...
William Fisher wrote:
> >
> The R5000, was designed and built by QED whom SGI funded to build the
>processor
> for the O2 product line. SGI still owns the rights via MTI and is allowed to
> license them to the various MIPS Licensees.
>
> The QED folks ARE the original RXXXX Series designers who originally worked
> for MIPS Computer System until SGI bought the company in 1992. The various
> processor designs which they developed included the R2000/2010, R3000/3010,
> R4000, R4400, R5000 and R7000 processors. Nearly all of the original MIPS
> Computer systems processor designers are now working at QED. MIPS Technoloy
> Inc, MTI, is mostly SGI processor designers and lots of new engineers who
> own the SGI rights to the various MIPS processor designs.
>
> The R8000 was shipped in a VME based machine which was placed in the
> Challenge line which included R4400, R8000 and R10000 processors. As was
>noted
> it was an SGI design in total and had a very short life-time.
>
> -- Bill
>
>
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