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  • Intel Celeron under threat from NatSemi-Cyrix front

    A year ago Company to unveil x86 chip to drive down prices more

    From The Register No. 72, posted 6 April 1998 The future of Intel's Celeron chip looked even shakier today as National Semiconductor, which bought Cyrix last Autumn, announced a processor which could make PCs cost as little as $450. Celeron, a cut down version of the Pentium II without on-cartridge cache, is due for roll out in …

    Business 3 Apr 1999, 07:53

  • IDT chip info crawls above parapet

    Shall we socket and see 370 pins?

    We've tried over the last six months to get a dialogue going with US semi company IDT but to no avail, despite the fact that all of the other x.86 firms, including Great Stan itself, are more than happy to talk to us. For that reason, we've relied on distributors and dealers which IDT does talk to, plus hardware sites, including …

    Business 3 Apr 1999, 09:09

  • Intel searches for more Merced babes in wood

    McKinley will start at 1000MHz as Satan Clara goes job mad

    Our mole over at the Intel Job Centre has provided us with a fresh wish list for Merced engineers. Readers will recall that "The Sixth Vulture" provided us with a stream of vacancies for Merced engineers only a week or two back. Now, he says, a spate of further vacancies is up for grabs. The latest job ads are for 28 in the last …

    Business 3 Apr 1999, 09:29

  • SEC filing shows depth of AMD CPU concerns

    Future third party plans take shape

    US corporations have to file form 10Ks with the Security and Equity Commission (SEC) and in the last three days a bunch of them has done just that. But AMD's filing is of particular interest for several reasons. In the next few days, AMD will release its latest financial results and they will not be good, as it warned earlier. …

    Business 3 Apr 1999, 10:34

  • Microsoft to invest in Portugal Telecom

    Little escudos for TV Cabo

    Microsoft will invest $38.6 million to get 2.5% of TV Cabo, Portugal Telecom's cable and satellite TV services company, as part of a plan to introduce broadband Internet services later this year. Michael Lacombe, president of Microsoft Europe, grandly announced that this is part of Microsoft's "commitment to the development and …

    Business 3 Apr 1999, 15:43

  • Microsoft fixes IE 5, IE 4, Win98 software

    Updated There's a whole heap of bug fixes now

    Over on our Message Boards, a reader has pointed us to a Microsoft site that gives a fix for the problem in IE 5 we recently wrote about. And another reader has since reported: "If you're like me and haven't been to Windows Update for a long time, it's time to pay a visit. Several patches for Windows 98 have been released and …

    Business 3 Apr 1999, 16:20

  • AMD-Motorola deal takes form

    SEC filing fills in some of the *****

    When AMD struck an alliance with Motorola at the end of 1998, we knew that part of that deal was the copper and interconnect technology the latter developed. But the alliance, which lasts seven years, is much more wide ranging than at first appeared. The long appendix to AMD's filing on the 29th of March is full of gaps, marked …

    Business 3 Apr 1999, 16:35