Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!rutgers!deejay!gear!cadlab!staff From: staff@cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: chip cost Message-ID: <316@cadlab.sublink.ORG> Date: 10 Nov 90 10:22:49 GMT References: <35325@cup.portal.com> <1990Oct30.210852.15087@mozart.amd.com> <2857@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <27547@mimsy.umd.edu> Organization: CAD.LAB, Bologna, Italia Lines: 10 I suggest Hennessy and Patterson's "Computer Architecture, a Quantitative Approach", published by Morgan Kaufmann, for a simple and clear model of how one goes about minimizing chip cost. Great book! -- Alex Martelli - CAD.LAB s.p.a., v. Stalingrado 45, Bologna, Italia Email: (work:) staff@cadlab.sublink.org, (home:) alex@am.sublink.org Phone: (work:) ++39 (51) 371099, (home:) ++39 (51) 250434; Fax: ++39 (51) 366964 (work only), Fidonet: 332/401.3 (home only).