... the cost per bit is about ONE-TENTH of what is was 3 years ago! 14 cents for a 1000 bits in 1982; 1.4 cents for a 1000 bits in 1985; .14 cents for a 1000 bits in 1988??? ...
Chris Downend observes Moore's Law in effect on the prices of these EPROMS, which engineers programmed for use in arcade games.
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Date: October 01, 1985 17:53
From: KIM::DOWNEND
To: @SYS$MAIL:ENGINEER
I found some old notes today:
Dateline: October 1982
2732-300 EPROM's cost $4.50
2764-300 EPROM's cost $8.25
For Comparison:
Dateline: October 1985
27128-300 EPROM's cost $1.90
27256-300 EPROM's cost $3.75
That says that the cost per bit is about ONE-TENTH of what is was 3 years ago!
14 cents for a 1000 bits in 1982;
1.4 cents for a 1000 bits in 1985;
.14 cents for a 1000 bits in 1988???....271024 EPROMS for $1.43
Wow.
Oct 01, 1985