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In article <KAN.91Jun27164837@bugs-bunny.rtp.dg.com> kan@bugs-bunny.rtp.dg.com (Victor Kan) writes:
:I hope this didn't get out twice!
:
:::::: On 27 Jun 91 04:44:37 GMT, mc@flutter.tv.tek.com (Mike Coleman) said:
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:Mike> In article <43704@cup.portal.com> mslater@cup.portal.com (Michael Z Slater) writes:
:
:
::   If the IBM/Apple deal goes through, which looks likely at this point, the
::   future of the 88000 is in serious doubt.  Motorola is likely to make RS/6000
::   processors, and this is likely to divert most of its design efforts.
:
:Mike: What about all the 88k's that will be going into Ford automobiles?  It seems like that
:Mike: will be a major chunk of business for them.
:
:IBM/Japan is selling Stratus 88k-based machines which will be launched
:in the U.S. this fall.
:

This is news to me!  Stratus doesn't make any 88K-based products!
(We were going to a couple of years ago, but switched to the 80860.)

:Hmmm...I wonder which is projected to ship more units:
:
:IBM RS/6000s and SparcStations, or Ford F-150 trucks and Escorts?
:
:Does anyone have sales projections on the workstation/minicomputer and
:automobile markets?
:
:I would guess that the workstation/minicomputer market (excluding PCs,
:Macs, etc.) ships maybe O(100,000) units per year.  I would guess that
:the automobile industry ships maybe O(1,000,000) units per year.
:
:Assuming Sparcs will be in 2/5 of all WS/mini shipments and 88ks will
:be in 1/5 of all new car shipments, the 88k appears to fare quite
:well on sheer volume.
:
:I think it's unlikely that Motorola will be putting an 881x0 CPU into
:a black box to control a car's engine.  That would be a waste of
:money; my guess is that there will be a special version of the 88k for
:embedded applications.
:
:Who knows; maybe they will use an 881x0 in there and add stuff like a
:heads up display controller with online graphical roadmaps that
:respond to voice commands!  
:
:Just call me KITT :-).
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Dan S.