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Re:Ask HN: When did tech stop being cool? by sokoloff on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @09:35AM (#31002505)
ESP8266/32 is slightly over a $1 but still within the spirit of “more like $1 micro”.

Confining more strictly to $1.00, STM32F030F4P6 (48MHz 32-bit M0) is in spitting distance to a 386 or 20MHz 68030 for some workloads. (50 MHz 486-DX2 was introduced in ‘92, but the typical desktop PC of 1992 was much lower spec.)

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Re:Ask HN: When did tech stop being cool? by nicoburns on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:14AM (#31003010)
It was indeed the ESP8266/ESP32 I had in mind. The ESP8266 is slightly over $1, but not much! (e.g. available here for $1.17 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32651747570.html)
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