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In article <1cj0l0INNff1@stephen.cs.ubc.ca> sritchie@cs.ubc.ca (Stuart Ritchie) writes:
>In article <1992Oct26.220702.2741@cubetech.com> andrew@cubetech.com writes:
>>88110 is bad news.  I would bet that the 88110 is the last of the 88k.
>
>And it's probably this kind of negative generalization that's
>going to kill it.
>
>>P5.  Pretty good chip.  Will be cheaper than all the others due to the
>>sheer volume in which it will sell.
>
>I don't think this is a given... only one company is making it.  But's
>that the same for most of the others.  (P5, what's that?)
>
>Given how much technical information has been release about the Pentium,
>I can't see how it gets "Pretty good chip" and 88110 gets "bad news."

All you have to do is look at the number of vendors that are using the
processors and the volume of the markets in which these vendors
computers are going to be sold:

88k:
     DataGeneral - pretty low volume workstations and servers.
                   Good machines though...
     Motorola    - low volume workstations

 P5:
     IBM
     Dell
     Compaq
     <millions of other clone manufacturers>

Just those three PC manufacters are going to each sell many times more
P5's than Motorola will sell for computers (not embedded stuff).

Technically both the P5 and the 88110 would be great for NeXTSTEP
machines.  It's the future of the chips, and the market's perception
that are important.  Ford and Apple aren't going to use the 88k
anymore.  It doesn't look like anyone but DataGeneral and other
assorted workstation manufacturers that I've never heard of is going
to be using the 88k.  On the other hand, companies are lining up to use
the P5, and that's what's important.

My attitude towards the 88k has changed dramatically in the past few
months, but you are the first person to disagree with me on this last
post (I have gotten several letters of agreement).


andrew
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