6th March 1999 Archive

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A year ago: Intel shocks, leaks'r'us

Has Great Stan slipped out the details?

Two years ago, we found ourselves in considerable difficulty with Intel because we had managed to see a roadmap which actually took us up to Q2 of 1998. A search on the site will reveal those details. But now it is apparent that Intel, faced with plummeting PC prices and something of a failure to push the PII as much as it would …

Business 6 Mar 1999, 11:05
Taylor Made: Bloody Tyranny

Should we all march on Downing Street for better bandwidth?

My apologies to those regular readers of this column who have emailed me wondering where I have been. I have been busy recently working on web sites and investigating new technology. You can find out why it's taken so long to finish this work below. Many intelligent, influential and important people have recently been writing …

Business 6 Mar 1999, 11:09
AMD to demo K7 at CeBIT at 600MHz

No liquid nitrogen around

Various hardware sites are reporting that AMD will demonstrate a K7 chip running at 600MHz at the CeBIT trade fair in Hannover in two weeks time. According to AMD Zone, engineers at AMD have also succeeded in manufacturing K7 samples which clock at 650MHz. The reports suggest that AMD will show the K7 clocking 600MHz but do not …

Business 6 Mar 1999, 11:29
Merced Solutions Overview

Track 1 at the Intel Developer Forum

As well as keynote speeches and breakouts at the IDF, Intel also holds a series of tracks on different topics. The first Merced track was presented by Hemant Dhulla, IA-64 Programme Manager at Intel US. Here are the slides for his presentation. For our exclusive photographs of the Merced cartridge, go here. The next presentation …

Business 6 Mar 1999, 13:49
Happy Cat posts i810 benchmarks – now translation added

Updated The Cat in Hokkaido is undaunted by Chipzilla

Standing up bravely against threats and Intel injunctions, corner shop Happy Cat tonight posted benchmarks relating to the 810 chipset. We have now obtained a translation of the Japanese text which goes with the graph. It says: "The Intel 810 will direct the market for Intel and it integrates the VGA chip and it will be out and …

Business 6 Mar 1999, 14:14
RISCOS to continue OS 4 development

Signs deal with Element 14 Acorn for full source code

There will now be a version 4 of the RISC operating system. According to RISCOS Limited, it has gained an exclusive licence from Element 14, formerly Acorn, and it will offer an upgrade to A7000/7000+ owners in the next few months. RISCOS will also offer OS 4 for new desktop machines. The company says it now has access to the …

Business 6 Mar 1999, 22:23