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Subject: 8 bit microprocessor popularity
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Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 15:26:07 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 14 15:26:07 1986
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"Despite the attention given to the emerging battle for leadership
in the 32-bit microprocessor race, the 12-year-old 8-bit micro still
takes the lion's share of the microprocessor unit market.  More than
85% of the microprocessor chips shipped last year were the 8-bit
variety, and their sales revenue equaled the total for the higher-
priced 16- and 32-bit chips."
  From Electronics, Jan. 6, 1986
They go on to discuss the popularity of the 8-bit chips in a variety
of applications (including cellular phones and industrial control) and
suggest that the popularity hasn't peaked yet!  (They estimate the world
microprocessor chip market for 1986 as $2+ billion.