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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (19409)5/13/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: w0z  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
"Chip prices are deflating, and they've never done that, so no one knows what it means."

Excuse me but they have been doing that since the transistor was invented. 30% per year for a given CPU power (sometimes referred to as Moore's Law after Gordon Moore of Intel).



To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (19409)5/13/1998 6:18:00 PM
From: Katherine Derbyshire  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 70976
 
Further analysis on the subject is at:

news.semiconductoronline.com

Katherine