By: Patrick Chase (patrickjchase.delete@this.gmail.com), February 3, 2013 3:39 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Sorry to self-correct yet again, but...
Patrick Chase (patrickjchase.delete@this.gmail.com) on February 3, 2013 3:35 pm wrote:
> FWIW, I have a dim recollection of an Email or USENET post from Bob Colwell (chief architect of P6) where
> he gave his estimate of how much he "paid" for x86 - He estimated 1 million gates out of 5.5. So by his
> estimate P6 was slightly above the 15% mark. I'd still argue (as Bob did at the time) that that falls into
> the "trivial" range in that it won't realistically be a significant factor in purchasing decisions.
That should been "transistors", not "gates". A 5.5 Mgate chip would have been infeasible or at least monstrously expensive (due to nonexistent yields) in 1995...
Patrick Chase (patrickjchase.delete@this.gmail.com) on February 3, 2013 3:35 pm wrote:
> FWIW, I have a dim recollection of an Email or USENET post from Bob Colwell (chief architect of P6) where
> he gave his estimate of how much he "paid" for x86 - He estimated 1 million gates out of 5.5. So by his
> estimate P6 was slightly above the 15% mark. I'd still argue (as Bob did at the time) that that falls into
> the "trivial" range in that it won't realistically be a significant factor in purchasing decisions.
That should been "transistors", not "gates". A 5.5 Mgate chip would have been infeasible or at least monstrously expensive (due to nonexistent yields) in 1995...
