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Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott
The 8088 clone that wasn’t
This makes sense. They probably got an excellent deal from Siemens, who were the largest second-source manufacturer of the 8088.
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Only one of these two things make sense:
Either is was cheaper anyway to buy the 8088 (and the V20 in other Commodore products) elsewhere, or acquiring a expensive license to produce it in your own fab.
Acquiring a incense without being able to produce it (in quantities) and therefore buy it elsewhere, that is just wasting money.