[vcf-midatlantic] Chuck Peddle

[Adam Michlin]

This video "History of MOS 6502" gets into some of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJj-IdYZxI&t=12s

In the video, the numbers used are a previous 70% failure rate with 
Motorola to a 30% failure rate with MOS.

If you believe these numbers, it would seem to be almost entirely 
manufacturing improvements that made the 6502 so successful from a 
business point of view at first.  The high volume low cost that followed 
would have well served to amplify that success, of course.

On 1/4/2020 9:33 AM, David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> I was searching a little for why the 6502 was so much cheaper. From this it
> appears the die size and transistor count was similar to other processors of
> the time.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count#Microprocessors
>
> Their is some discussion of they had better mask repair and got better yields.
> How much was they though the buisness model was high volume low cost so
> they priced it that way vs technical details of the chip or manufacturing?
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