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Article #21598Re: Slandering Intel
From: Art Boyne
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1989 21:34
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1989 21:34
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henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > ... (Of note, >in particular, is the reputed decision of the IBM PC's original [non-IBM] >designers to use the Intel CPU simply because Intel was delivering good >silicon at a time when nobody else was.) Hmmm..., I seem to remember (I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong) that IBM bought a 60% (?) stake in Intel in the late 1970's, to guarantee a RAM supply after the RAM shortage in about the 1975-6 timeframe. I wonder if practically owning the company had any influence on IBM's decision to use Intel. :-) Art Boyne, boyne@hplvla.hp.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpislx!hplvli!boyne From: boyne@hplvli.HP.COM (Art Boyne) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Slandering Intel Message-ID: <310001@hplvli.HP.COM> Date: 5 Jun 89 21:34:35 GMT References: <182@mipos3.intel.com> Organization: Loveland Inst. Div Lines: 13