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From: verner@inuxh.UUCP (Matt Verner)
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Subject: Re: 8 bit microprocessor popularity
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Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 08:11:05 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 17 08:11:05 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.


Common sense would tend to indicate that each year there will be more
consumer products (i.e. telephones, t.v.'s, stereos, etc.) that require
computing power in the 8-bit or lower range than high powered personal 
work stations that use the 16 or 32-bitters.  Sure IBM and associated clones
sold a million computers last year, contrast that with the number of
the above consumer products.


Matt Verner   				UUCP:  ...ihnp4!inuxc!verner
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