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Computer hardware performance: production and cost function analyses

By Y. M. Kang
Communications of the ACM, May 1989, Vol. 32 No. 5, Pages 586-593
10.1145/63485.63489
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Based on microeconomics, computer hardware performance is analyzed using two methods. For the cost function analysis, both purchase and lease prices are used. The results show no economies of scale for the mainframes and superminis during the 1981-1985 period.

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