Five Years Ago: AMD Strikes Into Pentium Heartland With 133MHz Chip
News The Texas firm's K5-PR120 and K5-PR133 run at slower MHz clock frequencies but equal the Intel chips for application performance, according to the ubiquitous P-rating system. The chips slot straight into Socket 7 slots on Pentium motherboards.
[October 10, 2001, 6:00]
HP Bashes Clones With SoHo PCs From £763
News Prices start at £763 + VAT for an AMD K5-PR133-based model 320 5/133 with 16Mb RAM and 1.2Gb hard drive but no monitor. AMD K5-166 options are also available and all systems come with HP's Welcome Centre setup guide and Support Centre diagnostics...
[April 30, 1997, 14:07]
AMD Readies Cut-price P-166 Alternative
News AMD yesterday continued its pursuit of processor suite spots by announcing an addition to its K5 family that matches the performance of Intel's 166MHz Pentium, according to the P-Rating system for assessing CPUs.
[January 14, 1997, 9:07]
AMD Strikes Into Pentium Heartland
News The Texas firm's K5-PR120 and K5-PR133 run at slower MHz clock frequencies but equal the Intel chips for application performance, according to the ubiquitous P-rating system. The chips slot straight into Socket 7 slots on Pentium motherboards.
[October 9, 1996, 15:14]
One Year Ago: HP Bashes Clones With SoHo PCs From £763
News Hewlett-Packard (HP) is hoping to build on its PC resurrection by adding clone-bashing low-cost systems to its SoHo-targeted Vectra 500 Series. Prices start at £763 + VAT for an AMD K5-PR133-based model 320 5/133 with 16Mb RAM and 1.2Gb hard drive...
[April 30, 1998, 6:00]
Five Years Ago: AMD P-133 Here, P-166 Soon
News The K5-PR133 runs at a slower clock speed but runs applications at the same speed as the Intel CPU according to the ubiquitous 'P' rating system, filling in an glaring gap in the chip maker's product line.
[October 23, 2001, 7:30]
Low-price PC King Tiny Cuts Again
News The Redhill, Surrey-based firm has replaced its entry-level 133MHz Pentium-based Tutor system with an AMD K5-PR150 unit at £10 less, £739 + VAT. The top-end Tutor system with bundled Lexmark 1020 colour inkjet printer is £40 down to £859 + VAT.
[April 2, 1997, 12:55]
AMD Chipset Move Breathes Life Into Socket 7
News Today at the CeBit show in Hannover, Germany, AMD announced its AMD-640, a chipset that supports its own Pentium-class K5 and the K6, a Pentium Pro-class processor with MMX that the firm today confirmed will be released on April 3.
[March 13, 1997, 17:19]
Five Years Ago: AMD Chipset Move Breathes Life Into Socket 7
News First published 13 March, 1997 Today at the CeBit show in Hannover, Germany, AMD announced its AMD-640, a chipset that supports its own Pentium-class K5 and the K6, a Pentium Pro-class processor with MMX that the firm today confirmed will be...
[March 12, 2002, 6:01]
AMD Hits Back At Cyrix 'No. 2' Claims
News "I don't mind being slagged off but it would be nice if Cyrix compared like with like," said Richard Baker European marketing manager at AMD. The K6 is going out of the door as fast as we can make them and we sold almost a million in the last quarter.
[October 17, 1997, 14:24]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Blog Now here's a funny thing. While browsing through some American magazines, I spot that there's an American company called Monorail. This is about a year old; it's composed of ex-Compaq people and it has one of the more intriguing launches of the...
[February 22, 1997, 7:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
News Now here's a funny thing. While browsing through some American magazines, I spot that there's an American company called Monorail. This is about a year old; it's composed of ex-Compaq people and it has one of the more intriguing launches of the...
[February 22, 1997, 7:00]
AMD Hatches K6 Plans
News "It's just another one of those things they're piling on because they're so dominant," said Richard Baker, AMD's European marketing manager for PC products. It's not going to hurt us. If anything it will help us as we often hear that customers don...
[October 18, 1996, 16:17]
AMD Sets High Expectations For K7
News Burned by similar promises in the past, analysts are withholding their judgement on the new AMD chips until they ship later this month. But they acknowledge that AMD's chance to catch up with Intel is better than ever.
[June 14, 1999, 13:57]
AMD's Chief Scientist On Smoke And Mirrors
News Q:A decade ago you launched the K5 processor -- AMD's answer to the Pentium -- but ran aground on production problems that scuppered the chip's chances as a real competitor. Are you confident that we will not see a repeat of this with your 64-bit...
[September 25, 2003, 15:55]
Five Years Ago: AMD Ready To Match 166MHz Pentium
News The next generation K6 processor, which competes with the Pentium Pro, will sample in the first Quarter of 1997. Separately, the firm said the redundancies announced today will not affect European staff.
[December 11, 2001, 6:30]
AMD Ready To Match 166MHz Pentium Chip For Chip
News The next generation K6 processor, which competes with the Pentium Pro, will sample in the first Quarter of 1997. Separately, the firm said the redundancies announced today will not affect European staff.
[December 9, 1996, 15:30]
Response Of The Week: The PC Buying Minefield
News "I've worked in the computer industry for nine years and I don't believe there ever been a more complicated situation for PC buyers. Just think: SDRAM, EDO, DIMMs, SIMMs, Rambus, DVD, Zip, Winchester, floppy, LSD-120, Pentium, K5, K6, M1, 6x86.
[January 31, 1997, 12:17]
Five Years Ago: AMD K6 Aims For The Stars
News The Texan chip maker hasn't been able to provide its arch-rival with any real headaches since it introduced its 386 chips way back in 1990 but now has a genuine contender in the K6. The K6 is a Pentium Pro-class device that AMD claims will at least...
[November 13, 2001, 6:00]
A Year Ago: AMD K6 Aims For The Stars
News AMD believes the arrival of its K6 with MMX instructions will finally give it some real ammunition to take on Intel. The Texan chip maker hasn't been able to provide its arch-rival with any real headaches since it introduced its 386 chips way back...
[November 14, 1997, 11:00]
