One of the causes of divorce today is the oft asked question: "What is for
lunch today?" The reason is that this question is often followed by the
response, "I don't know, the label came off the can."
DEC achieved this by an aggresive design that uses a lower-than-usual
voltage (3. 5V), unusually thick metal layers in a three-layer design,
and very high power consumption (30 watts---one DEC engineer, in
response to a question about whether this chip would be suitable for
palmtops, replied that it might be more suited for building a toaster
oven)....