New Intel chip twice as fast as Pentium. (P6 chip) (Brief Article)
HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, February, 1995 by Ryan, Ken
SANTA CLARA, Cal.--Intel Corp., apparently sensing other chip makers nipping at its heels with rival microprocessors, is about to take the PC industry to the next level.
It is unveiling the P6 chip, which it touts as twice as fast as the fastest Pentium chip, which happens to be the fastest chip available today for IBM platforms.
The P6 introduction comes as rivals Advanced Micro Devices, with its K5, and Cyrix Corp. ready their versions of 586 processors, chips that can compete with Pentium on Windows platforms.
Pentium-based computer systems are selling well at the retail level, despite the recent controversy over the flaw in the chip. However, 486-based systems still outsell Pentium and are expected to stay that way until midyear, according to...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
Presented by American Express