AMD to unveil set of four chips to rival Intel line
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is introducing a new line of four Athlon chips called the Athlon XP. The new chips are based on a faster circuit design than the Athlon, and can run as fast as 1.53 gigahertz. The chip names will reflect the relative speeds of the chips in completing a task or application. For example, the 1.53 gigahertz chip is called the Athlon XP 1800+ to tout its ability to perform as well as Intel's Pentium 4 running at 1.8 gigahertz. Some analysts think that ADM's plan to market the performance of the chips via their product names may be confusing for consumers who are accustomed to knowing the product's actual clock speed.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 2001
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Intel's swift Pentum 4 set for launch
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Intel Corp. will release 2 versions of its Pentium 4 chip. The first will run at 1.4 GHz and sell for $625; the second, operating at 1.5 GHz, will retail for $725. Both require Rambus Inc. memory devices. SDRAM compatible models are due after June 2001. Consumers probably won't see PC's with the new chip until early 2001, after the holidays. As of 3Q 2000, Intel controls nearly 82% of the chip market worldwide. It's next nearest competitor, AMD, claims 17%. AMD's Athlon, a 1.2 GHz processor, had been the fastest chip on the market.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 2000
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Toshiba to drop low-end chips, sell U.S. plant to Micron
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Toshiba Corp. is selling its Manassas, Virginia dynamic random access memory facility to Micron Technology and is also cutting 600 jobs in Japan while taking a $312 million charge for the fiscal year (ending March 31). Micron, of Boise, Idaho is the 2nd-biggest chip maker in the world and has been buying competitors' chip plants at a fast clip. Toshiba and other Japanese semiconductor companies are responding to excess capacity by unloading unprofitable businesses.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 2001
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