Word: pentium
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...Grove and Intel were not out of the woods yet. Intel faced its biggest--and most public--crisis in 1994. After introducing the new Pentium processor, the fastest microchip yet created, Intel engineers found a bug in their new product. At first, Grove did not bend. Refusing to see the public relations implications, he decided to selectively replace only a few computers containing the problematic chip...
...last to understand the implications of the Pentium crisis," he writes in his book. "It took a barrage of relentless criticism to make me realize that something had changed and that we needed to adapt to the new environment...
Grove soon realized that in the computer revolution, consumer discontent could kill a product. Reversing his previous strategy, Grove declared he would replace computers containing Pentium chips. The move cost Intel nearly $475 million, but the company rebounded from the temporary crisis with major publicity--and celebrity for its CEO, Andy Grove...
Robert Dreyer, one of Rosin's co-founders, has worked at Intel on its Pentium processor for years...
...abbr. 16 "Be prepared" org. 19 Litter's littlest 20 Bauxite or galena 21 Dumb -- (old comic strip) 23 Sot's spree 24 Strip in the Middle East 26 Lesage's -- Blas 27 Benjamin's successor 28 Rush to sell, on Wall Street 29 New competitor for the Pentium 30 One-liner producer 31 Bradley favors Executive Order to outlaw -- profiling 32 Smeltery waste 33 Spanish ayes 35 Yucatan natives 38 Fresh mouthed 39 Buzz's lunar partner 41 30-Across's org. 42 Putin's former org. 43 Comedy-routine first baseman...