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Microprocessor Watch - 1999

Microprocessor Watch Archive
2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

Most Recent Processor Watch Articles

DECEMBER


  • #30 (December 22, 1999)
    • BIST Bug Bites Coppermine
    • Intel Counters Athlon With Pentium III-800
    • Processors Put Pressure On Packages
  • #29 (December 15, 1999)
    • Editorial: New Rules Enable Faster Mobile CPUs
    • Resources: IC, You See, We All See ISSCC
    • Resources: Parlez Vous Performants?
    • Errata: Coppermine Die Per Wafer
  • #28 (December 8, 1999)
    • NeoMagic Adds 3D to Mobile Graphics
    • Acer, ArtX Announce Core Logic With Graphics
    • Information Appliances Seek Subsidies
    • Embedded Processor Forum Moved to June
  • #27 (December 2, 1999)
    • AMD Ships 0.18-Micron Athlon, Outlines Processor Roadmap
    • Compaq Chooses SMT for Alpha
    • Napalm Ignites Graphics Market
NOVEMBER
  • #26 (November 24, 1999)
    • Editorial: A Billion Connected PCs? Guess Again
    • Apple Buys Raycer Graphics
    • GigaPixel Describes First 3D Core
    • Real3D Absorbed by Intel
    • Resources: Help Clueless Coworkers
    • Resources: Process Technology for Buck Rogers
  • #25 (November 18, 1999)
    • Intel Trims Celeron Prices for Christmas
    • Alpha 21464 Targets 1.7 GHz in 2003
    • Intel Ends 820 Delay
    • Via Partners With S3 for PC Chip Sets
    • Resources: See Mac's Headroom at Macworld
    • Resources: Get Under the Hood of PC Design
  • #24 (November 11, 1999)
    • Hal Makes Sparcs Fly
    • SiS Rises to Via Challenge
    • AMD Opens Fab 30
    • IBM to Ship PowerPC G4s
    • Steve Leibson, Kevin Krewell Join MDR
  • #23 (November 3, 1999)
    • Intel 840 Brings RDRAM to Workstations
    • VolumePro 1000 Expands 3D Vision
    • Editorial: Why Change Instruction Sets?
    • Resources: Future of Computing Panel at Comdex
    • Resources: Get Portable in San Diego
    • Resources: Cool Products at Winter CES
OCTOBER
  • #22 (October 28, 1999)
    • Coppermine Outruns Athlon
    • PowerPC G4 Gains Velocity
    • ATI Mobility Moves to 128 Bits
  • #21 (October 21, 1999)
    • Infrastructure Issues Slow Athlon Ramp in Q3
    • AMD Shows Big Server Plans
    • Viewpoint: Direct RDRAM (Almost) Arrives in PCs
  • #20 (October 13, 1999)
    • Rise Revisits Roadmap
    • Cradle's "Universal Microsystem" Is Most Flexible Chip Ever
    • Editorial: Intel Commoditizes 3D Graphics
    • Resources: Processor Options for Digital TV
    • Resources: Deep Impact. Armageddon. Comdex.
    • Resources: Micro-32 Symposium, Workshops, and Tutorials
    • Resources: Wear Your Hard Drive on Your Sleeve
  • #19 (October 8, 1999)
    • 64-Bit Battle Looms at Microprocessor Forum
    • Merced Shows Innovative Design
    • Power4 Focuses on Memory Bandwidth
    • Athlon Is First PC Processor to 700 MHz
SEPTEMBER
  • #18 (September 30, 1999)
    • Mobile Celeron Jumps Ahead of Pentium II
    • Mobile K6-2P/IIIP Gain Speed, Market Share
    • Intel's 820 "Camino" Continues Chip Set Evolution
    • Nvidia Allies With ALi on Integrated Chip Set
    • USB 2.0 Speed Goal Raised
  • #17 (September 23, 1999)
    • MAJC Gives VLIW a New Twist
    • New TriMedia Chips Come With New Roadmap
    • Reliance Sets Server Standard
    • New Chips, New Ideas at Siggraph '99
    • Editorial: Information Appliances Inching Along
    • Clarification: Mercy, Mercy, Merced
  • #16 (September 15, 1999)
    • Rapid Pentium III Price Cuts Continue
    • S3 Preps Savage2000 for New Millennium
    • Nvidia GeForce 256 Adds Geometry Acceleration
    • MoSys Explains 1T-SRAM Technology
    • Editorial: Via Shopping Spree Reshapes x86 Market
  • #15 (September 9, 1999)
    • Intel Demos Merced
    • Intel Discloses Merced Chip Set
    • Compaq Dumps NT for Alpha
    • NGIO, Future I/O Merge
    • SGI Reorganizes, Allies With Nvidia
  • #14 (September 2, 1999)
    • Sun Reveals Secrets of "Magic"
    • Editorial: What Price Standards?
    • Resources: E-Wiz Knows Merced Isn't for Rafting
    • Resources: Guy Kawasaki, Drill Sergeant?
    • Designing Systems-on-a-Chip
    • ... and Marketing Systems-on-a-Chip
AUGUST
  • #13 (August 25, 1999)
    • Embedded DRAM Gives Bitboys an Edge
    • Profusion Lowers Cost of Eight-Way Servers
    • Editorial: A Quiet Revolution at Intel
    • Resources: Microprocessor Forum
  • #12 (August 18, 1999)
    • Athlon Outruns Pentium III
    • AMD Irongate Leads to Slot A
    • Intel Sinks the 752
  • #11 (August 12, 1999)
    • VIA Slashes Cyrix; Centaur to Rule?
    • Mitsubishi Updates 3D-RAM
    • Editorial: Intel Price War Causes Casualties
    • Resources: SMTA Mounts Packaging Conference
    • Resources: ICE on CMP for You and Me
    • Resources: Read Any Good e-Books Lately?
  • #10 (August 5, 1999)
    • VIA Buys Centaur
    • Pentium III Hits 600 MHz
    • Intel Deploys Celeron-500
    • AMD Drops Low-Power Line
    • Smarter Consumer Electronics in Offing
    • Trimedia 1300 Arrives Late, Slow
    • Resources: Microprocessor Forum Program Disclosed
JULY
  • #9 (July 28, 1999)
    • IDT to Sell Centaur, WinChip Line
    • Merced Tapes Out
    • Microsoft Updates Multimedia Roadmap
    • S3 Introduces New Mobile Savage Chips
    • Cahners MicroDesign Resources Seeks New Analysts
  • #8 (July 21, 1999)
    • AMD Loses Second-in-Command Raza
    • HotRail Rides With New Core Logic
    • Microsoft Updates Multimedia Roadmap
    • S3 To Acquire Diamond Multimedia
    • Slater Perspective: Digital Photography Coming of Age
    • Resources: Sprechen Sie SPEC?
    • Resources: Intel Tells All at IDF
    • Resources: Recent IC Announcements
  • #7 (July 14, 1999)
    • Intel Coppermine Hits Glitch
    • Intel Issues P6-Bus License to Acer Labs
    • Understanding PC Processor Microarchitecture
    • Editorial: What Is a Seventh-Generation Processor?
    • Resources: Siggraph--A TechnOasis in Los Angeles
    • Resources: If It's August, It Must Be Hot 3D Systems
  • #6 (July 7, 1999)
    • National to build chip sets for VIA
    • Alpha Challenges Xeon With Slot B
    • Editorial: Game Consoles Attack PCs From Below
    • Resources: Intel Microprocessor Forecast
    • Resources: Last Chance for Platform 99
    • Resources: Semiconductor Packaging
    • Resources: Digital Design University
JUNE
  • #5 (June 30, 1999)
    • Chip-Set Maker VIA to Buy Cyrix
    • Intel Commits to 300-mm Wafers
    • ZDBOp Zaps Benchmark Bugs
    • A Concise Review of 3D Technology
    • Business Computers: AMD's Next Hurdlee
    • Resources: IA-64 and Merced Forecast
  • #4 (June 23, 1999)
    • AMD K7 Rechristened Athlon
    • AMD Expects $200 Million Loss for 2Q99
    • AMD's Mobile Assault Continues With K6 IIIP
    • Intel Rolls Out 0.18-Micron Dixon
    • Desktop Celeron Prices Continue to Plunge
    • Resources: Microprocessor Forum
  • #3 (June 16, 1999)
    • AMD Reveals Preliminary Benchmark Results for K7
    • Cahners MicroDesign Resources Seeks New Analysts
    • HP Posts Fastest SPEC Results
    • Motorola Takes Capacitance to New Low
    • Editorial: Scorched Earth Blocks Intel Competitors
    • New PC Chips
  • #2 (June 9, 1999)
    • Rise Lays Out Roadmap to Mainstream
    • Pentium III Gets Faster, Cheaper
    • Industry Resources: Diefendorff Headlines Vail Workshop
    • Industry Resources: EXPOse Yourself to PCs
  • #1 (June 2, 1999)
    • IA-64 Instruction Set Revealed
    • Cyrix Reworks Roadmap
    • SiS Defends Turf Against Intel's 810
    • TSMC Wins 0.18-Micron Foundry Race
    • Industry Resources: Microprocessor Report Seminars and AMD K7 Dinner Meeting presentation, **June 10**
    • Industry Resources: Platform9
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