Re: GaAs considered a dead end

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From: Steve Warren
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1989 19:12

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In article <3509@convex.UUCP> swarren@convex.COM (Steve Warren) writes:
=In article <1Tcfjq#9jMTbv=eric@snark.uu.net> eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
=                 [...]
=>or indium phosphide or even nanotechnology rod logic. But forget GaAs. It is
=>almost certainly doomed to remain a niche technology funded by organizations
=                 [...]
=
=;^)
=
=--Steve
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=	  {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM


In case anyone is confused over this terse post, I was amused because
it is public knowledge that Convex has machines currently in production
that include GaAs gate arrays, as Patrick McGehearty also noted.

--Steve
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	  {uunet,sun}!convex!swarren; swarren@convex.COM

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Subject: Re: GaAs considered a dead end
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