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...Pentium microprocessor, representing Intel Corporation's determination to stay at the top of an increasingly competitive microprocessor market, was officially announced by the company late last month...
...HARD TO TELL WHICH IS FASTER THESE DAYS, the speed of data as they pass through increasingly efficient chips or the speed of change in the personal- computer industry. Thanks largely to recent innovations in microprocessor technology, many of today's desktop machines are just as powerful as closet- size mainframes. The latest entry is the Pentium, a new chip developed by Intel that is almost as fast as some supercomputers. The chip, the size of a thumbnail, contains 3.1 million transistors. Not only does the Pentium -- which will be the "brain" of personal computers -- have plenty of giddyap...
While the first DTP programs, produced during the early eighties, were actually written for PCs built around the Intel 8086 microprocessor and running the MS-DOS operating system, this platform has lagged behind the Macintosh. Most DTP users have preferred the Macintosh's strong support for DTP and the related area of computer graphics...
...immense popularity-and profit margins-of the 486 chips also convinced Intel to push back the introduction of its next generation microprocessor, the Pentium, by more than six months, Originally scheduled for release last fall, the Pentium, which was to become the 586 and is reported to run up to 10 times faster than the 486, is now slated to be shipped...
...largely to Yankee know-how in specialized chips. While Asian chipmakers continue to excel in mass-produced, low-margin areas like basic memory chips, U.S. companies are focusing on devices with more functions and higher profits. American semiconductor firms, for example, have always maintained a comfortable lead in microprocessors, the "brains" of computers, with about 90% of that market. The gap could widen even further, as U.S. companies roll out new products. Last week Digital Equipment introduced the new Alpha chip, which the Guinness Book of World Records anointed as the fastest microprocessor on the market. But the Americans...