Word: pentiums
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...controversy over a defect in Intel Corp.'s popular Pentium microchip heated up as scientists and engineers accused the company of being too casual in its response to the problem. According to a Nov. 7 article in the Electrical Engineering Times, the flaw in the chip can cause computers to reach incorrect answers in complex division problems approximately once in every 37 billion calculations. Intel discovered the defect last summer, and has since corrected it, but it is offering free replacement chips only to customers with provably esoteric needs. "The chip is fine," said a company spokesman. "Statistically, the average...
...billion, in 1993. The main target of thieves is the Intel 486 chip that powers most new IBM PC and IBM-compatible machines; such chips are now in more than one-quarter of the world's 110 million personal computers. Also coveted is the newer and faster Intel Pentium chip, which the Santa Clara, California-based company recently developed to run the latest generation of IBM PCs. In all, thieves last year ripped off up to $40 million worth of chips from California's Silicon Valley, according...
...discourage theft on a worldwide basis, Intel last month began etching serial numbers on its Pentium chips, and will do the same with its 486 line this summer. That will enable the company and law-enforcement officials to trace the chips to their source, and thus could make stolen goods harder to fence. With the numbers in place, Intel hopes its hottest products will avoid becoming hot chips...
Those considering the Power Mac for the "combination PC/Mac" functionality that Apple's promotional campaigns tease at should turn away. But those with a need for the Power Mac's number-crunching talent or who simply desire Intel Pentium-level performance in a Macintosh should take a walk over to TPC and try out these new machines...
...This year we have more sophisticated software and hardware," says Edelman. "The Pentium is a great leap in hardware technology for our event...