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Re:Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype by userbinator on Monday November 28, 2022 @09:26PM (#33782922)
This is comparable in transistor count to an 80386 (273k for the '030 vs 275k for the '386). Notable because a clickbaitingly-titled article yesterday caused people to ponder the size of an 80386 built with discrete components: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33762543
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Re:Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype by mlyle on Monday November 28, 2022 @11:25PM (#33783671)
Of course, this isn't discretes as discussed. I'm sure there's some discrete logic, but it's mostly PALs and SRAMs.
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Re:Motorola 68030 wire wrap prototype by amelius on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @08:08AM (#33787114)
Did Intel make any wire wrap prototypes of the 80386? Or did they just iterate in silicon?
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