[geeks] valuation on a sparc 2 / ss10?

[Dave McGuire]

On January 13, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
> >   If memory serves, what they bought was the CS6400 and all the
> > research that brought it into being.  The E10K was designed after that
> > as a follow-on.
> 
> Not quite - The E10K was well-along before Sun got the group.  
> Starcat..er.. the Sun Fire(tm) 15K is more Sun.  (Remember, design of 
> the next system starts even before the previous is released, the lead 
> time is pretty long.  Plus, (I just learned more about this) the 
> regulatory testing can take some time.  (This is why the E10K used the 
> U5 instead of it and the U10 for SSP's - they would have had to repeat 
> the *entire* test sequence for the U10, even though it is the same mobo, 
> just a different case.

  Ahh, I see...thanks for the clarification, Pete!

   -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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