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From: Andrew Duane <aduane@juniper.net>
To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Artem Belevich <fbsdlist@src.cx>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:10:33 -0500
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owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org wrote:
> Artem Belevich wrote:
>>> Seriously, simply because of curiosity - are MIPS CPUs used in any
>>> kind of "general purpose" machines?
>>=20
>> I'm not aware of any multi-core general-purpose MIPS box.
>> Low-end MIPS CPUs are ubiquitous in low-end networking gear.
>> High-end multicore MIPS chips are mostly going into mid-to-high end
>> networking gear like firewalls.
>=20
>=20
> However several companies are using FreeBSD as a base kernel for their
> appliance, based on these chips. So they are of direct interest to us.
>>=20
>> They are probably not a very good fit for general purpose computing.
>>=20
>> --Artem


I believe I know of one such company....... :-)

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