Sergey Babkin wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Entire PIII MBs are available for under $60. Your concept that the delta in
> > cost between a 486 chipset and PIII is more that that is utterly ridiculous
> > PIII chipsets and 486 chipsets cost the same in quantity. Try using a
> > resource other than your Radio Shack catalogue please.
>
> Now try to imagine a whole PC on a smaller board than a PIII CPU
> cartridge. If you can't, get a copy of the Embedded Systems magazine
> and look at the pictures in it.
Now try to imagine an entire computer system on an 8-pin chip. The world of
embedded systems spans a huge range of capabilities, but PIII's are not
common because they cost too much, take too many resources in terms of
support chips, and produce WAY too much heat. It's pretty difficult to put
a $180 CPU chip in a router that sells for $199 retail.
This entire conversation has been incredibly stupid, based on one contender
displaying his abject ignorance of what embedded systems are and everyone
else trying to teach the pig to sing. Can we just stop this?
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