It was a more complicated chip than the 8086 and 8088[1], that would have had a much lower projected sales volume, so no special sauce is really necessary to ju

It was a more complicated chip than the 8086 and 8088[1], that would have had a much lower projected sales volume, so no special sauce is really necessary to justify a price premium over the the 8086. While I'm struggling to find early price information on the 8087, I did find a PS/2 price list from 1987[2], which lists a $310 IBM MSRP for the 8087. For reference, pricing for the entry-level 8086-based IBM PS/2 Model 25, including monochrome monitor, keyboard, floppy drive, and 512 kB RAM, started at $1,350[3] (which is about twice what you'd have paid for a similarly configured no-name XT clone at the time). [1] https://www.righto.com/2025/12/8087-stack-circuitry.html https://www.righto.com/2025/12/8087-stack-circuitry.html [2] https://www.ardent-tool.com/docs/pdf/brochures/ibm-ps2-factsheet-prices.pdf https://www.ardent-tool.com/docs/pdf/brochures/ibm-ps2-facts... [3] https://www.dosdays.co.uk/computers/IBM%20PS2%20Model%2025/media/25%20announcement.txt https://www.dosdays.co.uk/computers/IBM%20PS2%20Model%2025/m...