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21st November 1999 Archive

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  • Big PC vendors furious over Intel Coppermine yields

    Serious supply problems affect intro of faster machines

    First tier PC manufacturers are hopping mad over delays they have experienced receiving supplies of Coppermine .18 micron processors from their main supplier Intel. And the reaction of the PC manufacturers to the continuing problems they are experiencing suggest that Intel has had difficulties making enough high quality .18 …

    Business 21 Nov 1999, 10:46

  • Compaq, Fujitsu-Siemens switch to AMD Athlons for Yule machines

    Problems with Intel supply root cause of problem. Is Gateway next?

    Major PC manufacturers Fujitsu Siemens and, we learn, Compaq have selected an AMD Athlon processor for a machine they hope to sell in volume before Christmas. That follows reports from The Register earlier this month that Fujitsu Siemens was being forced to re-adjust its Christmas schedules because it was unable to obtain enough …

    Business 21 Nov 1999, 11:03