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To: Scumbria who wrote (84423)	12/30/1999 3:34:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573207

Scumbria, I just might add, and I'm sure you know that VIA is retooling the Winchip, code name Samuel, specifically so it will scale to high hertz... Probably won't get the same work done or near the benchmarks of the Athlon but it appears that the concept that MHz, sells has even reached Taiwan! <G> Over the years, I've seen many say...why do we need all those MHZ? Answer...so the cpumakers that offer it can make a profit! <G> Jim

To: Scumbria who wrote (84423)	12/30/1999 4:08:00 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573207

Hi Scumbria; Re those embedded processors and x86 stuff... I haven't designed in an embedded processor in the last four years. But back then, I used the Zilog series. The company was on the Naz, but management took it private. I was upset, cause I was long. It was quite the bargain. Zilog embedded processors were at one time the standard for mice. They were in a DIP-18, and had about 256 bytes of PROM, and something like that much SRAM. The best thing about them was that they were under $1 in quantity 1000, for the programmable version. And they were a complete embedded computer, with I/O. -- Carl