Intel Corp. unveils a chip that uses parallel processing
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Intel Corp announces the i960CA embedded microprocessor, the first to use superscalar parallel processing, which allows chips to process up to three instructions at one time. With this product, Intel targets the fast-growing market of 32-bit chips used as preprogrammed control centers for specific devices such as laser printers, airplane navigational computers and medical instruments. This market is expected to increase from $835 million in 1988 to $3.3 billion in 1993. The i960Ca can process 66 million instructions per second and uses a parallel processing technology that allows it to look ahead at a group of instructions moving toward it, picking out sets of instructions that can be executed at the same time instead of processing instructions sequentially.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1989
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Intel to unveil new version of 486 chip that is 51% faster than current one
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Intel Corp's new 50 MHz 80486 microprocessor will be 51 percent faster than the current Intel 80486 chip. Industry observers note that Intel hopes to make the 80486 microprocessor a market standard for high-end microcomputers. Several computer makers are already set to introduce microcomputers based on the new microprocessor. Intel is pricing the 50 MHz 80486 at $655 each and reducing the price of its 33 MHz 80486 from $667 to $445. Analysts note that Intel controls the microprocessor market and intends on maintaining its market dominance with aggressive pricing and new introductions. The latest family of 80486 microprocessors are aimed at the high-end microcomputer market, which includes workstation manufacturers such as DEC and Sun Microsystems Inc.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
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Intel delays debut of P-5 chip to refine production process and eliminate bugs
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Intel Corp delays introduction of its next generation microprocessor, which is code-named P-5. The new chip had been expected in the 4th qtr of 1992, but it is now scheduled for the 1st qtr of 1993. An Intel spokesman says the delay is not caused by problems in the chip's design. Rather, Intel will use the time to test the P-5, making sure it is bug free. Intel will also work on the P-5's manufacturing process so that it will be easier to move to high-volume production when the chip is introduced. The P-5 microprocessor will incorporate more than three million transistors, which compares with 1.2 million in an 80486 chip. The P-5 will be used for machines with workstation-like performance and power.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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