Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 20:53:00 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Pentium II released Message-ID: <199705310253.UAA21379@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199705251747.KAA17807@kithrup.com> References: <199705231702.KAA29056@george.lbl.gov> <19970523142235.11747@ct.picker.com> <338726E2.6A9D29F4.kithrup.freebsd.hardware@persprog.com> <199705251747.KAA17807@kithrup.com>
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Sean Eric Fagan writes:
> But this lets me get on a rant: I am sick of Intel right now. They have
> been worrying me for quite a while, as they have a monopoly on the computer
> market. (More than 85% of all processors in the world currently in use are
> Intel processors. That constitutes a monopoly by most economists
> definitions.)
Well, maybe for "desktop" computers, but not the entire microprocessor
market. Until recently, the largest-selling 32 bit architecture was
still the M68K family, which is used by the millions in embedded
applications of all sorts. I think the largest selling single processor
is now the NEC VR4300, clipping along at about a million units per
*month.* It is used in both the Nintendo 64 and the Sony Playstation if
you wonder how it achieved those volumes.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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