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Intel-AMD: It's A Post-gigahertz Hangover
News Competitor Intel is also eyeing gigahertz-plus speeds for its Pentium III chip. The titans are preparing gigahertz-plus desktop chips, but consumers shouldn't expect to see them right away. AMD will begin revving up its new 1GHz Athlon, code-name...
[June 26, 2000, 16:04]
Intel Gives Up The Gigahertz
Talkback What goes around, comes around - It's about time Intel suffered at the hands of it's own marketing after all the years of mis-information it has propogated against other chip fabs whose processors were "obviously slower" than theirs!
[March 15, 2004, 9:09]
News Schmooze: Gigahertz Gigabattle
News Should the world care whether the clock speed on your computer processor is an accurate representation of its performance? AMD seems to think so, and last year started explaining to consumers, via lots of large, glossy advertisements, that it had...
[April 5, 2002, 17:23]
The Gigahertz Game: Is It All Just Hype?
News Accusing Intel of playing "silly marketing games" around the launch of its 1GHz Pentium III processor, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) says it won't publicise its own 1GHz Athlon chip until it's available in production quantities.
[February 20, 2000, 6:35]
Intel Gives Up The Gigahertz
News Intel plans to assign a new numbering system to its Pentium and Celeron processors in order to better illustrate their performance to consumers, according to a source familiar with the company's plans.
[March 15, 2004, 7:45]
A Year Ago: The Gigahertz Game - Is It All Just Hype?
News Accusing Intel of playing "silly marketing games" around the launch of its 1GHz Pentium III processor, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) says it won't publicise its own 1GHz Athlon chip until it's available in production quantities.
[February 20, 2001, 6:01]
Compaq Shows Off Desktop Running 1GHz Athlon
News Computer giant Compaq teamed up with chipmaker AMD to publicly demonstrate a personal computer running at a ferocious 1 Gigahertz of pure processing power last week. Now that the gigahertz barrier has been broken, what's next?
[January 13, 2000, 14:50]
Intel's Mobile Strategy Covers All Bases
News Intel is chasing gigahertz-plus speeds for notebook PCs as it tries to capitalise on delays by Advanced Micro Devices. The company plans to ship a trio of gigahertz-speed mobile Pentium III chips, starting early in the second quarter of 2001.
[October 25, 2000, 13:57]
A Year Ago: AMD, Intel Pushing Beyond IGHz
News The gigahertz race may be over, but don't count on the PC industry stopping just there At gigahertz-plus levels, Steve Lapinksi, director of marketing for AMD Computational Products Div.said, "applications are going to take on a new light.
[March 9, 2001, 6:00]
1GHz Race Heading For Spring Finish
News Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are racing to be the first to break the gigahertz barrier sometime this spring. We don't plan on falling behind in the gigahertz race," said an AMD spokesperson.
[February 24, 2000, 9:12]
Chip Wars: Is There Life After 1GHz?
News The gigahertz race may be over, but don't count on the PC industry stopping just there. While clock frequencies and cache sizes are important, consumers will want to know what kind of real-world performance improvements they can expect from their...
[March 8, 2000, 8:59]
Intel Reaches 1GHz Mark
News Intel on Wednesday broke the gigahertz barrier with a 1GHz, or 1,000MHz, Pentium III chip. For them, reaching the gigahertz mark will mean more powerful, lower priced chips for midrange PCs as Intel and AMD cut prices on their older chips to make...
[March 8, 2000, 13:18]
Intel Looks To Do Well By Doing Good
Leader The clock has been ticking on gigahertz for years. One the face of it, time is up and gigahertz now rank right down there with off-die caches at the bottom of the list of priorities for new chip designs at Intel and elsewhere.
[August 30, 2005, 16:00]
The 1GHz Race Is On
News Just as the 1960s space race paid unexpected dividends in the coin of new household conveniences, experts say the spillover from the AMD-Intel competition to debut a one gigahertz chip is going to drive down computing costs in the new year and...
[December 1, 1999, 12:42]
GeForce 4 Ships In New Power Macs
News But even the dual-processor system may still seem shy a gigahertz when pitted against comparably priced Intel-based PCs using single 2GHz or greater processors. The Cupertino, California-based company unveiled faster Power Macs that analysts and...
[January 28, 2002, 16:20]
Is Intel Worth The Wait?
News While UK-based manufacturers working with chip maker, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are rushing to introduce machines based on the new 1,000MHz (1GHz) Athlon microprocessors, those relying on Pentium III equivalents will have to wait weeks, or even...
[March 21, 2000, 9:00]
Intel, Aberdeen Attack AMD Speed Ratings
News The report predicts that "AMD.must soon retreat from the gigahertz equivalency positioning and take another performance rating approach. The chip giant has funded a new report from Aberdeen, AMD's Gigahertz Equivalency: Inexperienced Buyers Accept...
[March 27, 2002, 15:11]
New Pentium IIIs Arrive
News Intel however, appears to be still somewhat out of breath from the gigahertz race with rival Advanced Micro Devices. Now that the gigahertz barrier has been broken, what's next? Intel rolled out a pair of new Pentium III processors Monday.
[March 21, 2000, 9:22]
1GHz: The Whole Story
News AMD, Intel pushing beyond IGHz The gigahertz race may be over, but don't count on the PC industry stopping just there Thu, 09 Mar 2000. Now that the gigahertz barrier has been broken, what's next? AMD turned up the heat on sworn enemy Intel on...
[March 7, 2000, 13:44]
Intel Eyes Life After 1GHz
News Likely speeds for the future gigahertz-plus Pentium III, based on Intel's 133MHz bus, are 1,066MHz, 1,133MHz and 1,200MHz, with 1,266MHz being the next possible speed. Now that the gigahertz barrier has been broken, what's next?
[April 1, 2000, 12:10]
