Microprocessor Forum 98
Announcements ahoy
Posted in Business, 19th October 1998 12:37 GMT
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The Register attended this year's Microprocessor Forum, held in San Jose. Highlights at the Forum included announcements from Intel, AMD, Motorola, Cyrix, IDT/Centaur and Rise Technology:
- Intel doctors Foster to extend life of IA-32 architecture

- AMD K7 snatches at Intel high-end crown
- Cyrix, IDT/Centaur, Rise ready low-end PC processors
- Motorola launches PowerPC G4
- IBM readies Gigaprocessor PowerPC for server lines
- Nat Semi CEO proposes giveaway PCs

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