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Re: News on F21


On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 14:58:39 -0500, MISC@pisa.rockefeller.edu wrote:
> If memory serves me right, F21 is 3/4 empty and is about 15K transistors. 
> that means that another 45K are potentially sitting there unused. How many
> Ks of SRAM does that make?  If Chuck's OKAD is about 8K, I believe that
> almost anything useful can be that big and fit on chip. 

RAM is expensive, make no mistake.  SRAM is 4 or 6 transistors per
cell.  An 8Kx8 SRAM is therefor 64K x 4/6 transistors, ie. MUCH more
than the 45K leftover, as per your info.

Arnim.
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