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Posted in Register Full Coverage, 15th May 2000 12:56 GMT

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Intel still stuck on the FireWire fence [1] It's in the 1394 patent pool so why doesn't it just back the technology? Merced: what meaneth the Extensible Firmware Interface? [2] Intel Developer Forum Or how to boot your IA-64 chip into shape Merced Tracks: Compaq's views on legacy [3] Doesn't scale well enough Merced: the Linux track [4] Trillian talk at Palm Springs 5 September 1999 Floppy disk on last legs as Concept PCs arrive [5] Backup your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile smile Intel shifts to 133MHz bus, AGP 4x for notebooks next year [6] But first moves to 100MHz bus, PC100 4 September 1999 Intel abandons server Rambus efforts [7] Problems with Carmel frustrate Chipsetzilla efforts Does BX chipset with SDRAM outperform 820 with Rambus? [8] It was well worth drinking those Banquet Coors 3 September 1999 How Intel raced flat out to demo Merced [9] Two weeks ago it booted at 700MHz 2 September 1999 Dell's Bell admits company overclocks chips [10] But all in the cause of science, of course Intel move to PC-133 mere lip service [11] i820 won't have it, while special chipset won't have Rambus Intel in full cunning strategic retreat over PC-133 [12] Requests from vendors make them promise support 1 September 1999 Four way Merced: the pix [13] It's a great big lumbering beast Cumine 7xx processors confirmed for late October [14] It's not from the horse's mouth, but it's pretty close Merced could be a great games machine [15] Can Chipzilla prevent the inevitable? Intel's IXA architecture like fungal mycelium [16] StrongARM controller strongarms six Risc processes Intel claims IA64 will outperform Risc offerings [17] But how will Chipzilla achieve volume sales of Merced? 31 August 1999 "Chipzilla leapfrogs Chimpzilla in desert [18] My chip's faster than your chip, says Tweedlebong to TweedleAMD Intel leaves 1394 out in cold, USB 2.0 exposed to desert glare [19] VGA dead: not many end users out of pocket [20] New lamps for old monitors arrive at 15 per cent premium Seven Dramurai say they will make Rambus cheaper [21] But premium will still be 25 per cent more next year Intel pushes Rambus hard [22] Gelsinger gives update on Camino i820 Intel's Barrett shows Linux running on Merced [23] ...but Win2000 evaluation period runs out... NGIO, Future IO war over [24] No more war, just more jaw jaw FlexATX mobos, Concept PCs make it to market [25] Barbie Doll makes it but bad news for Ken Pentium III/Mobile at 0.18 micron to arrive fall [26] But Geyserville won't come with it 30 August 1999 Intel to roll Camino i820 details out this week [27] Launch date is a little later Intel says Via bigger threat than AMD [28] But execution will see Chipzilla through Intel to demonstrate Merced silicon tomorrow [29] Will it manage to run Win64 as well as Linux