hes@ecsvax.UUCP (01/14/86)
"Despite the attention given to the emerging battle for leadership in the 32-bit microprocessor race, the 12-year-old 8-bit micro still takes the lion's share of the microprocessor unit market. More than 85% of the microprocessor chips shipped last year were the 8-bit variety, and their sales revenue equaled the total for the higher- priced 16- and 32-bit chips." From Electronics, Jan. 6, 1986 They go on to discuss the popularity of the 8-bit chips in a variety of applications (including cellular phones and industrial control) and suggest that the popularity hasn't peaked yet! (They estimate the world microprocessor chip market for 1986 as $2+ billion.
verner@inuxh.UUCP (Matt Verner) (01/17/86)
> "Despite the attention given to the emerging battle for leadership > in the 32-bit microprocessor race, the 12-year-old 8-bit micro still > takes the lion's share of the microprocessor unit market. More than > 85% of the microprocessor chips shipped last year were the 8-bit > variety, and their sales revenue equaled the total for the higher- > priced 16- and 32-bit chips." > From Electronics, Jan. 6, 1986 > They go on to discuss the popularity of the 8-bit chips in a variety > of applications (including cellular phones and industrial control) and > suggest that the popularity hasn't peaked yet! (They estimate the world > microprocessor chip market for 1986 as $2+ billion. Common sense would tend to indicate that each year there will be more consumer products (i.e. telephones, t.v.'s, stereos, etc.) that require computing power in the 8-bit or lower range than high powered personal work stations that use the 16 or 32-bitters. Sure IBM and associated clones sold a million computers last year, contrast that with the number of the above consumer products. Matt Verner UUCP: ...ihnp4!inuxc!verner AT&T Consumer Products Laboratories AT&T: (317) 845-3631 P. O. Box 1008 Indianapolis, IN 46206 "The whole point of this sentence is to clearly explain the point this sentence is making."
kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker) (01/21/86)
> > "Despite the attention given to the emerging battle for leadership > > in the 32-bit microprocessor race, the 12-year-old 8-bit micro still > > takes the lion's share of the microprocessor unit market. More than > > 85% of the microprocessor chips shipped last year were the 8-bit > > variety, and their sales revenue equaled the total for the higher- > > priced 16- and 32-bit chips." > > From Electronics, Jan. 6, 1986 > > They go on to discuss the popularity of the 8-bit chips in a variety > > of applications (including cellular phones and industrial control) and > > suggest that the popularity hasn't peaked yet! (They estimate the world > > microprocessor chip market for 1986 as $2+ billion. > > > Common sense would tend to indicate that each year there will be more > consumer products (i.e. telephones, t.v.'s, stereos, etc.) that require > computing power in the 8-bit or lower range than high powered personal > work stations that use the 16 or 32-bitters. Sure IBM and associated clones > sold a million computers last year, contrast that with the number of > the above consumer products. also, doesn't IBM ship an 8-bit 8042 microcomputer (for the keyboard controller) with every 286 they ship in the PC-AT? They're everywhere! -- If you don't like the answer, then ask another question! Everything is the answer to something... Ken Shoemaker, Microprocessor Design, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Ca. {pur-ee,hplabs,amd,scgvaxd,dual,qantel}!intelca!kds ---the above views are personal.