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From: Rich <rich@example.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:16:21 -0000 (UTC)
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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:37:50 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:
> 
>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:54:05 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>> 
>>>>    Ummmmm ... I just TRIED with the "Bit-Slice" topic.
>>>>    Jumped IMMEDIATELY back to 'non-OS/Computer stuff'
>>> 
>>> How about that bubble memory?
>> 
>> What I recall was all the hype about how bubble memory was going to
>> surpass everything else and the shift was "just around the corner".
>> 
>> Thirty years later and few even remember "bubble memoriess" were ever a
>> thing.
> 
> The memory hole is deep and dark. I think I still have the preliminary 
> datasheets for the iAPX 432 that was going to be Intel's real 32 bit 
> processor. The iAPX 86 was a stop gap until they got the bugs worked out.

Yup, and then IBM picked the 8088 variant for their new IBM-PC in 1982, 
and that moved the "profit" equation to favor the iAPX 86 line from 
then onward.

However, I don't have any of the datasheets for the 432.....