Cost of RISC vs. CISC

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From: Bulent Abali
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1989 18:32

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I would like to know the design and development costs of CISC chips 
such as 68020, 68030, 386, 486  vs. RISC chips such as 88K, i860, etc.
Any ballpark figures, estimates, are appreciated.
-=-
Bulent Abali                               : abali@baloo.eng.ohio-state.edu
Ohio State Univ., Dept. of Electrical Eng. : Phone: (614)292-2452
2015 Neil Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43210        :

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