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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Math chip wars...
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Date: 21 Jun 91 00:35:55 GMT
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williams@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Williams) writes:
>Ah HA! THAT explains it!  Last night I went into my local SoftWarehouse,
>uh, sorry, CompUSA, store and there were Intel math coprocessors for
>$259.00!!  My eyes poped out.  My jaw dropped.  Etc.  I would have
>bought one on the spot, but I was suspicious.  Had something happened
>I hadn't heard about?

It's called competition. Something that Intel hates.

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