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To: TideGlider who wrote (6821)	10/27/1997 4:13:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

More .25 micron chips. 700 MHz Alpha CPU................. koreaherald.co.kr 10-28-97 : Samsung Takes Wraps Off World's Fastest 700 MHz Microprocessor By Yu Kun-ha Staff reporter Samsung Electronics Co. (SEC) yesterday unveiled its next-generation microprocessor, which features a clock speed of 700 megahertz (MHz) _ the fastest among central processing units (CPUs) developed so far. The new microprocessor from Samsung represents the latest in a series of new 64-bit processor technologies recently announced by the world's leading chip makers, such as Intel, IBM and Sun Microsystems. Two weeks ago, Intel and Hewlett-Packard announced their new processor technology, dubbed ''EPIC,'' which will underlie Intel's Merced chip, a 64-bit chip due to hit the market in 1999. On the same day, IBM also unveiled its new family of 64-bit microprocessors, featuring a clock speed of over 500 MHz. The Power3 processor, IBM said, will be built using its recently announced ''copper chip'' technology. Sun Microsystems, a week earlier, demonstrated a new generation of processors which they say can reach upward of 600 MHz by next year. Arriving against this backdrop, Samsung's next-generation Alpha microprocessor represents the company's successful entry into the global race for fast CPUs. Samsung moved into microprocessor production last June. Five months after, it succeeded in developing a 500 MHz chip that was fully compatible with the Alpha microprocessor of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), from which it licensed technology. Samsung is currently producing 533 MHz Alpha chips, dubbed KP21164. Early next year, it will introduce a faster version, named KP21264. The 700 MHz chip, which is scheduled to be introduced the second half of next year, is the second-generation product of the KP21264. With its record-breaking product, Samsung has once again demonstrated its ability to quickly absorb microprocessor technology. said it used a 0.25 micron process, a technology which companies like Intel have not yet successfully commercialized. The new chip is half the size of a 533 MHz processor, which is built with a 0.35 micron process. As far as performance is concerned, Samsung's new chip appears to be at least on a par with products from IBM or Sun Microsystems, which will both run at speeds of 600 MHz. Intel is expected to boost the clock speed of the Merced chip to around 1,000 MHz or higher. But Intel's chip will come later than others. Intel plans to introduce a second-generation Merced chip in 2001 which exhibits twice the performance of the initial product. All these fast chips will be used for workstations calling for greater computing power than desktop PCs. CPUs for desktop PCs are much slower than those for workstations. For instance, the fastest Pentium II from Intel runs at 300 MHz.