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From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Architectural Requirements for Unix (was: upgrades)
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Date: 2 Jun 90 00:06:57 GMT
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In article <30418@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
>In some previous postings, I gave incorrect prices for chips which are
>candidates for "world's cheapest virtual memory demand paged Unix engine".
>
>Correct prices are (in 1000-unit quantity):
>
>Intel 376 (not really a candidate)    $43 @ 16 MHz
>Intel 386SX                           $66.50 @ 16 MHz
>                                      $125 @ 25 MHz
>
You have included only half the cpu: You must add in the prices for
the floating point chip.

Doug McDonald