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...probe, he suggested much of the criticism is mere envy of Intel's success. If so, that envy may grow more pronounced as Intel prepares to put more distance between itself and its competitors. This year Intel will begin shipping its next generation of microprocessors called the Pentium, which will process information twice as fast as Intel's current crop of chips. Moreover, Grove says, Intel will price the Pentium "more aggressively" than previous microprocessors. Although computers based on Pentium will start at $5,000, prices are expected to fall by as much as 60% within the next three years...
With both Windows NT and Pentium, the next generation of personal computers will probably be as powerful as today's workstations and mainframes. More important, the combined technology is expected to strengthen Microsoft's and ^ Intel's ever tightening grip on the $100 billion market for desktop computing...