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Intel Unveils Two Major Chip Lines.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2000 by Poletti, Therese

Aug. 21--Chip behemoth Intel Corp. will unveil the details of two major new microprocessors this week at its twice-annual developer conference, including the first of a new generation of Pentium chips that will outpace the best chips from its rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

The two companies have been engaged in a fierce war over microprocessor speeds, leapfrogging each other with faster and faster chips -- Intel with its Pentium III line and AMD with its Athlon family. Both now have chips running at clock speeds in excess of one gigahertz, or 1,000 megahertz.

On Tuesday, after a keynote address from Intel Chief Executive Craig Barrett, the company will disclose new technical details of its first Pentium 4 chip to an estimated 5,000 attendees at...

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