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Intel intros new Pentium chip. (Pentium MMX)

Industrial Distribution, March, 1997 by Harper, Doug

MMX chip will run up to 60% faster than Intel's Pentium Pro chip While it sometimes appears that mighty Microsoft reigns as the undisputed king of the computer mountain, there is another computer company out in Santa Clara, Calif. that has nearly as much clout: Intel. In fact, over the years Microsoft and Intel have developed an intensely symbiotic relationship.

As Microsoft develops increasingly processor-intensive operating systems and software, Intel obliges by introducing new generations of faster and more powerful central processing unit (CPU) chips, which are the heart of a computer. Back in 1981 when IBM debuted its first PC which used an operating system that was farmed out to a young company named Microsoft, the computer was powered by an Intel...

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