Hope for MIPS, From Toshiba

CDWert writes: "EE Times is reporting MIPS is teaming up with Toshiba, to develop their next generation 64 bit proccesor. After all the Itanium Speak and X86-64 talk going on here and the premature predictions of MIPS demise, through their inability to fund the next round I thought this would be refresing to MIPS fans." According to the article though, there will be no product until at least a year from now.

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Re:no product for a year? MIPS is dead afterall!

[foobar104]

I presonally believe you should not accounce a product (or whatever) until it's pretty much ready for release.

Never been in business, have you?

I've worked for a few start-ups, including one that has lasted for almost four years now. In the early stages, a company isn't fueled by sales, usually because there isn't really anything to sell yet. In the early stages, a company is fueled by investment and good press.

The only way to keep investors interested in your company, so they'll keep giving the money you use to keep the lights on and pay your people, is to keep the buzz coming. Investors-- an I'm not talking about VCs here-- want to invest in companies that have a lot of potential in the marketplace, and you generate that potential through press releases, demos, and (sometimes) unsubstantiated announcements.

It's not vaporware at that stage; vaporware is a product that purports to be ready, but isn't.