Siemens AG expect to bring out four or five MIPS Computer Systems RISC-based systems at Hanover early next year following its agreement to fabricate the R2000 and R3000 chip sets as the sole European source: it is currently sampling the parts to several companies in the joint qualification process; it also says it has no interest in second sourcing 80860 and 80890 from Intel Corp, but denies that Intel’s refusal to give it masks for the 80386 has any bearing on its decision to take the MIPS route, or indifference to the new Intel RISC chips.
