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Sure, that makes sense. Any idea how gate arrays contributed to the affordability of CPUs? I didn't understand that part of the quote and links I mentioned abov
by bogomipz 8y ago
Sure, that makes sense. Any idea how gate arrays contributed to the affordability of CPUs? I didn't understand that part of the quote and links I mentioned above.
- CalChris 8y agoI don't think gate arrays had anything to do with this then. They were just too small at the time; clearly that's not the case now. Someone else, anyone really, would know more.
- pvg 8y agoIt seems like they did. The page has a couple of references to contemporary papers that probably have more details. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MB86900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MB86900