23 Sep
2002
23 Sep
'02
12:33 p.m.
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
That's why I said:
"The total number of "compatibles" is gonna be about the intel
production,
plus the production of competing chip companies, minus chips used for
other non "compatible" 80x86 devices."
What would you guess the ratio of PCs to other 80x86 devices would be?
I would venture to guess that 10% of all 80x86 CPUs produced went into
non-computers. I wouldn't be surprised if the ratio was higher (or lower
for that matter :)
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Or you could ask intel their production and sales
numbers for
80x86 microprocessors.
The problem with that approach is that 80x86 processors ended up in many
more things than just computers: phone systems for one.