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Intel readies new chip for Q2 debut
Reuters Story - March 12, 1997 13:53
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HANOVER, Germany, March 12 (Reuter) - Computer chip maker
Intel Corp said on Wednesday its next-generation Pentium II
processor will begin appearing soon in high-powered personal
computers aimed at businesses.
"Between now and the end of June, we will be launching the
Pentium II," Intel product manager Tim Miller told Reuters at
the CeBIT computer trade fair.
The chip -- which combined Intel's MMX multimedia technology
with its existing Pentium Pro processor -- would run at speeds
"well above" the current top speed of 200 megahertz, Miller
confirmed.
Last month Intel demonstrated a chip running at 400
megahertz at a technology conference in San Francisco.
Miller said the demonstration chip was not a Pentium II, but
showed Intel had "head room" to raise speeds in future
processors.
Pentium II would debut in PCs geared for producing 3-D
graphics, complex similations and special effects for movies.
"This chip will open up new areas of visualisation for the PC,"
said Pat Gelsinger, Intel chief of desktop products.
Intel was expected to need faster chips to maintain its edge
over challenger Advanced Micro Devices Inc , which plans
to launch a high-speed chip of its own in the second quarter.
AMD has said its K6 chip will be faster than the 200 megahertz
Pentium Pro now at the top of Intel's line.
-- Neal Boudette, Bonn Newsroom, +49-228 26097150 |
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