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From: rkl@cbnewsh.att.com (kevin.laux)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: How much for a 487SX?!!
Message-ID: <1991May1.131401.10245@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 1 May 91 13:14:01 GMT
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In article <13471.281da4bf@ecs.umass.edu>, daly@ecs.umass.edu (Bryon Daly, ECE dept, UMass, Amherst) writes:
> So, is the 486SX being marketed against the 386-33?  If so, they're going to 
> need a pretty good price to match the 386-33's price-performance ratio,
> especially with AMD gearing up production of its clone 386's, which is bound to
> drive down the 386 prices.

	I don't think so specifically;  I think the point here is that the
486SX at 20 MHz will outperform a 386DX (at 25 MHz) and that Intel now is
*not* the sole supplier (of 386's).  The 486SX is being marketed as a cheaper
alternative to the 486DX *and* Intel is the only one who makes it (or any
486's, for that matter).  They are trying to get the 486(SX) to be the
de facto standard of choice for PCs.  Lots of bucks for Intel :-).

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