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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Press Release: Intel announces 80960 architecture
Message-ID: <21147@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 88 06:09:29 GMT
References: <3358@omepd> <953@ima.ISC.COM>
Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices
Lines: 14
Keywords: 80960, RISC, embedded control

In article <953@ima.ISC.COM> marc@ima.UUCP (Marc Evans) writes:
>As a side... How 'bout the prices on the 80960MC $2490 (ref Electronic Products
>pg 16), and the bus exchange unit M82965 @ $1750... YOW!

That's not so bad. It works out to be about a dollar a pound when you
consider all the paperwork you have to do to sell a military product.
:-)

Did you ever wonder why an AGM-54 Phoenix long range air-to-air
missile costs half a million dollars?
-- 
America is finally exporting affordable cars to Japan: the Honda Accord.

I speak for myself, not the company.
Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or phil@amd.com