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16th May 1999 Archive

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  • AMD carries on cutting prices

    Intel's 450MHz/PIII under pressure

    Just as eggs is eggs, AMD will tomorrow slash prices on its processors, following cuts Intel has just as quietly made. (See Don't buy an Intel Inside PC) Reports said that AMD will slash prices by up to 45 per cent on some parts, shadowing the cuts we predicted over a month ago. The K6-III/450, which competes with the PIII/450, …

    Business 16 May 1999, 09:50

  • Unnamed 550MHz chip benchmarks revisited by Anand

    The K7 rumour mill rolls on

    After we got thoroughly beaten around the head by all kinds of AMD enthusiasts about putative K7 benchmarks we published a while back, we’ve been a bit chary about mentioning the subject again. So we'll wait until Drew Prairie and our friends at AMD release official benchmarks before we have a pop at that subject again. But …

    Business 16 May 1999, 10:07

  • Andy Grove's office empty

    Where is he? Under the table?

    We regularly keep our eyes open for new URLs that Intel registers because, for example in the case of the IA64 fund, the site appeared before the press release was vetted by the thought police. So we were intrigued yesterday to find a site we'd never seen before called Andy Grove Home which has a fun little Java applet. When it' …

    Business 16 May 1999, 10:46

  • AMD registers new domain name

    This is an event but what does it mean?

    Unlike its big brother, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices is not in the habit of registering dozens of new domain names while you speak. So the existence of this one is an event. The site is called ALEREON.COM and we've no idea what this means because they haven't got it up and running yet. The domain, according to our information, …

    Business 16 May 1999, 11:00

  • Taiwanese wire reports K7 chipset news

    K7 samples out but chipsets Irongate only

    A report on Taiwanese newswire Digitimes Friday last claimed that third party chipset report for the K7 is unlikely to be available until year end. According to the report, which we have been unable to confirm with AMD, the first batch of K7s will arrive next month worldwide, but product will not be widely available until Q4. …

    Business 16 May 1999, 11:32

  • Compaq trademarks letter Q

    Intel tr*ed that w*th the letter i

    Sources close to Compa*'s plans tell us that the computer company has taken out a trademark on the 16th letter of the alphabet, which we dare not use here in case we breach its copyright. When Intel attempted the same with the letter i a few years ago, it did not succeed in its ambitions. Compa*'s decision might be a blow to all …

    Business 16 May 1999, 16:35