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- From: rshwake@irscscm.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: 386 designed in Tel Aviv?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov4.215945.21805@irscscm.UUCP>
- Date: 4 Nov 92 21:59:45 GMT
- References: <1992Oct30.205627.11721@lasernet.co.za> <1d3n02INNd6s@iraul1.ira.uka.de>
- Reply-To: rshwake@irscscm.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
- Organization: R|S|X Technical Services, Washington, DC
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- In article <1d3n02INNd6s@iraul1.ira.uka.de> S_JUFFA@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Norbert Juffa) writes:
- >>
- >I read that, too, a while back. Looking at the authors of the papers published
- >on Intel's coprocessors, it is also reasonable to assume that much (if not all)
- >of the work on their coprocessor was done in Israel. Don't know if they are
- >based in Tel Aviv, though. Some other chip manufacturers have design centers
- >there, too. E.g. NS and IBM, I think.
-
- Intel's been doing a log of advanced design work in Israel at
- least back to the days of their involvement with the 8087. Motorola,
- IBM and others do a lot of high-end hardware *and* software work
- there. They also source some of their x86 chips there. I recall a
- certain concern about 80386 supplies during the Gulf War in the
- event the plant were hit by a Scud. Of course, the residents had
- other concerns.
-