Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise

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From: Fredrik Nyman
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:36

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neubert@cuphub.cup.edu writes:
>I thought I'd heard somewhere that the microSPARC processor in the
>new Sun Classics and LXs was much cheaper than even a 486 chip
>(in quantity, of course).  Made by TI, which was an early believer
>in the pricing curve, but then lost the memory/processor wars.

Yes.  That's correct.  The TI TMS390S10 aka Tsunami aka microSPARC
is $179 "in production quantities".  The Intel 486DX/50 is $502.

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From: ice@socrates.umd.edu (Fredrik Nyman)
Subject: Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise
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