Word: pentium
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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...
This re-christened 80586 chip contains more than three millions transistors (in comparison, the 486 has about 1.2 million) and can run five times faster than the 486, now the best-selling product from Intel. As Intel will not set the pricing for the Pentium until May, the first systems based on the new chip are not expected to arrive until sometime this summer...
...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, it will be priced at levels that...
...Pentium is the latest success story for U.S. chipmakers, which in the past two years have regained most of the ground lost to their Japanese rivals during the 1980s. American companies have also scored significant success in Japan. But talks between Tokyo and Washington on continued access to Japanese markets have hit a snag...
...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...