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To: sdr who wrote (6697)	8/3/1999 10:02:00 AM
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From RB --- Sun's MAJC chip: READ CLOSELY... It's expensive: The first actual MAJC devices are expected sometime next year: a low-end embedded offering selling for around $50, according to industry sources. A dual-core MAJC processor would run at 500 MHz and sell for about $250. And from an embedded processor analyst: Tom Halfhill, embedded-processor analyst with Cahners Microdesign Resources (Sunnyvale, Calif.), said the picoJava design was aimed at the desktop and back-end processing segments, and used too much power to go into handhelds. However, "there's not much need for a Java chip in the back end," he said. "The picoJava just wasn't designed for the kind of products where people really wanted to use Java. It would make more sense to have an architecture designed for low-power, battery-powered devices. That's where I think they should have taken their Java chips." Many here have stated they think the PSC1000 will be priced at around $10, so SUN isn't even close. Waiting patiently...