“Server appliance specialist Cobalt has thrown out MIPS and
embraced x86 for the next generation of its RaQ server line, due to
be launched new week. And it is likely to migrate its whole line
over to x86 within six to eight months.”
“The current RaQ 2, launched last March, is based on a 250MHz
MIPS chip. The new model, the RaQ 3, will instead contain a 300MHz
AMD K6-2 processor.”
“Cobalt’s decision to ditch its support for MIPS essentially
boils down to the wider availability of software written for Linux,
the RaQ’s OS, on the x86 platform compared to MIPS, according
to Cobalt’s Western Europe channel sales director, John
Fleming.”