i can&#x27;t stop laughing at that article.<p>&gt; Even though these days MIPS is best defined by the low-power [...] all desktop and server processors released since the 1990s have borrowed heavily from many of the energy-saving RISC philosophies introduced three decades ago.&lt;&#x2F;blockquote&gt;<p>maybe the CPU itself was power efficient, but the actual machines from SGI were <i>far</i> from it.<p>for example, nekochan is the de-facto forum for sgi&#x2F;irix for a long time. here is someone begging to give away a onyx2 (top of the line, latest model, R12k sgi powerhorse) because they moved to a new office and didn&#x27;t have a wimpy 250V 60A outlet laying around on the new place<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forums.nekochan.net&#x2F;viewtopic.php?t=16720600" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forums.nekochan.net&#x2F;viewtopic.php?t=16720600</a><p>&gt; [...] our move to a new office. Since we have moved here we don&#x27;t have enough power to test it as it requires 60 amps at 250v (2 30 amp 230v connectors).[...] The current offer is 250$ and pickup.&lt;&#x2F;blockquote&gt; --- 2009!