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From: routh@eltanin.rtp.semi.harris.com (Kevin Routh x622)
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Subject: Math chip wars...
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Date: 20 Jun 91 00:29:49 GMT
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>From June 17, 1991 EE Times:

	"Santa Clara, Calif. - Intel made a massive price move in the
	math coprocessor arena last week, slashing suggested retail
	prices for it's floating point accelerators by more than
	two-thirds in some lines....

		The price-cutting spanned the line from the bottom
	80287-level part, where the suggested retail price went from
	$326 to $99, to the top of the standard math coprocessor parts,
	the 33MHz 80387, which was $994 at suggested retail and is now
	$299.  As part of the move, pricing for all speed grades of the
	387 was consolidated at $299."

Wow, can you imagine the margins they must have on these chips?!?
--
Kevin Routh (routh@rtp.semi.harris.com)
Harris Corporation, Durham, NC
(919) 361-1622