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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: AMD vs. Intel Arbitration
Message-ID: <2780@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 22 Oct 90 14:22:34 GMT
References: <0093E147.DAED9F80@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU> <1990Oct17.031047.22909@amd.com> <1416@msa3b.UUCP> <1990Oct19.232725.4421@amd.com>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY
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In article <1990Oct19.232725.4421@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:

| To begin with, IBM would not use a single sourced uP in the IBM PC.
| Suppose IBM had chosen the Z8000 or better yet, the 68K? Where would
| Intel be today?

  a) Intel has more than one fab line if one fails
  b) Intel is not likely to fold financially
  c) IBM has the right to manufacture the 386.

  Interestingly I have not seen a published the IBM has the right to
manufacture the 486. That doesn't mean it doesn,t however.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
    VMS is a text-only adventure game. If you win you can use unix.