Sumitomo Electric is not the only company in Japan buying the M1000 RISC processor from MIPS Computer Systems Inc of Sunnyvale, California (CI No 767): Marubeni Electronics is also to distribute the 10 MIPS M/1000, and looks to sell 100 machines in the first year, at prices between $84,500 and $211,270.
Sumitomo Electric is not the only company in Japan buying the M1000 RISC processor from MIPS Computer Systems Inc of Sunnyvale, California (CI No 767): Marubeni Electronics is also to distribute the 10 MIPS M/1000, and looks to sell 100 machines in the first year, at prices between $84,500 and $211,270.