Editing NEC RISCstation (section)

==Historical development==

The RISCstations were based on a modified [[Jazz (computer)|Jazz]] architecture licensed from [[MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.]] (and which was originally designed by Microsoft). Although architecturally similar to contemporaneous [[Intel 80386]]-based [[personal computer]]s (including, for example, a [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] bus), the RISCstations were faster than the [[Pentium (original)|Pentium]]-based workstations of the time.

Although based on the Jazz design, the RISCstations did not use the [[G364 framebuffer]], instead using a [[S3_Graphics#Graphics_controllers|S3 Vision 968]]-based video card or a [[3Dlabs]] GLiNT-based adapter in a PCI slot.