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Article #25315Re: Motorola policy
From: gillies
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1988 03:40
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1988 03:40
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Motorola and Intel are conspiring to monopolize the processor chip
market. With this new generation of chips (68020/030, 80386), both
companies *refuse* to allow other chipmakers to second-source the
product. No second source means NO PRICE COMPETITION.
So those $500 chips (16Mhz 68020, 16Mhz 80386) will probably cost $500
for years to come, unlike the vanilla ($5) 68000/8086 chips. These
high prices will prevent technological progress, and open a "window of
vulnerability" for japanese 32-bit processor chip makers to attack.
Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
{gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}
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