20th June 1999 Archive

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How CompaQ views Intel roadmap

Alpha still tops CuMine and Merced, but Intel's pet is Willamette...

It is inconceivable that the roadmaps from Alpha Processor Inc (API) we published yesterday could have reached the light of day without Compaq's imprimatur. (Story: Slot B arrives as API confirms AMD collaboration) After all, not only does Compaq have a minority share in API, with Samsung the main shareholder, but the Houston …

Business 20 Jun 1999, 09:45
AMD Athlon a struggle, a game – it's all Geek to us

Updated Hilarion Alereon, K7 has dodgy meaning...

After an exhaustive struggle to win the prize of guessing the new name of the K7 we have to confess it's all geek to us. Athlon is a Greek word, meaning struggle, prize and the game, but Alereon, as far as we can figure it, isn't Greek. It might be Geek. However, the latter name, as revealed here, is already registered by AMD …

Business 20 Jun 1999, 10:44
Matrox Millenium G400 for sale in Japan

Yup...the Japanese have it first

It is now a matter of record that if product is gonna ship early, it's gonna ship in Japan first. And that has now happened with the long-awaited Matrox Millenium G400, according to our friends in the country. If you go here, you'll see it's all true... It's got dodecaphony and is high speed gear, environment mapped bump mapping …

Business 20 Jun 1999, 10:56
Intel garners fresh clutch of domain names

Gather round, small investors, and ask the SEC questions...

Christine Dotts, at Intel, has been up to her tricks again and registered four new domain names on Friday when the chip giant thought the world wasn't looking. Dotts, based at Intel's Chandler site, registered GATHEROUND.ORG, SHARECAFE.ORG, IMAGEROOM.ORG and IMAGESPRING.NET on the 18th of June. None of the sites are yet live but …

Business 20 Jun 1999, 11:32
G4 and other spex make Web appearance

And also Sony, K7, Intel and PA stuff...

A kindly reader has sent us two URLs possibly worth reading if you like the G4 PowerPC 450MHz microprocessor. The addresses are this and that. But go back a bit further just to here and you'll find some stuff about Sony's Emotion, AMD's K7, Intel Coppermine, PA-RISC 8500, Dirk Meyer's RM presentation and gawd knows what else. Go …

Business 20 Jun 1999, 15:55