[CCTALK] transistor counts again

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Wed May 15 11:55:33 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin_at_xenosoft.com]

> Yeah.
> The 4004 was once rumored to have been named that because it had the
> equivalent of 4004 transistors.
> THAT is what probably gave rise to the 68000 silliness.
> It's MUCH more impressive what was done with only 486!

Wouldn't that be 80486?

Motorola kept it much smaller for a while, and then jumped
to 88000 ;)

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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