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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Fast conversions, another urban myt
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Date: 22 Sep 89 13:22:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Sep 22 08:22:00 1989


>A little extra complexity in the CPU will not increase the overall
>system cost by 60%.  However, the 60% increase in performance over
>competitors (who went the software route), will allow a 60% premium
>in the price of my machines, and its all gravy.

Really? Are people that buy business computers so stupid that they
can't tell that two machines run 60% diferent just because one
left out $100 worth of gates? Around here somebody trying that would
get laughed out of the water. The value of a machine is proportional
to how much it costs to MAKE, not how fast it will run. That is why
I paid $5000 for the machine I am writing this now, rather than
$1,000,000 for a 1960's IBM mainframe that would do less.

Doug McDonald

gee, 1000:1 is a big ratio - I am impressed, Intel!