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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: LC Prediction (Was: New Macinto
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Date: 9 Nov 90 04:05:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Nov  8 22:05:00 1990


I can't believe they saved more than $2 by crippling the LC with a
16-bit datapath.  Does anyone know for sure if this was a money -
saving move (if so, how much)?

Why did they do this?  Was it the marketing guys complaining about too
good a price:performance ratio?