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MMX PCs Due In UK October
News Intel's MMX will arrive in UK PCs in early October, putting multimedia at the heart of CPU processing. Often known by the P55C code-name, the MMX chips will go straight into consumer-targeted systems in the fourth quarter.
[August 5, 1996, 11:44]
MMX Buyers Face Tough Choices
News The first half of the year could create some tough buying decisions for companies looking to tap the power of the first generation of MMX processors. At the annual show in California, Intel demonstrated what it will call the Pentium Processor with...
[October 23, 1996, 15:32]
Cyrix To Add 3D, MMX To MediaGX
News The MXi will be based on a new core that Cyrix calls Cayenne and will provide fully pipelined floating point and an MMX unit with 15 new multimedia floating point instructions; Cyrix has often been criticised in the past for the MMX and, more...
[October 16, 1997, 14:39]
MMX Will Wait On Optimised Apps - AMD
News AMD said today it will add MMX instructions to its chips for the first time at the turn of the year, although it doesn't expect the algorithms to contribute much to software performance until the second half of 1997.
[August 6, 1996, 11:10]
Rock Rolls Out 13.3-inch TFT, MMX Power
News The huge Panasonic panel is part of the firm's latest Mentor line which also packs 166MHz or 200MHz Pentium MMX processors. A 200MHz Pentium MMX with 48Mb EDO RAM (expandable to 80Mb), 256Kb pipeline burst-mode cache, 13.3-inch XGA TFT screen...
[February 20, 1997, 11:32]
MMX Chips May Not Meet Hype
News The US's PC Magazine Labs got an early peek when Hewlett-Packard accidentally sent in a system housing a 200MHz MMX chip for a group review. At first the unit was not discovered as an MMX, thanks to the CPU being covered deep in the system's bowels.
[September 26, 1996, 15:13]
A Year Ago Today: MMX Set For January 7 Release
News Intel's first Pentium processors with the MMX instruction set will ship January 7, according to sources. MMX chips contain 57 new instructions that accelerate multimedia performance. The delayed parts will miss Christmas but be available in PCs...
[October 17, 1997, 9:00]
MMX Will Go Straight To The Heart Of PC Buyers
News "We think MMX will take the high-end of the Pentium market very quickly," said Jez Deacon technical director of London-based Carrera Technology. We'll assess the position at the end of the first quarter but we expect MMX to quickly become entry-level.
[December 18, 1996, 16:53]
A Year Ago: MMX Buyers Face Tough Choices
News The first half of the year could create some tough buying decisions for companies looking to tap the power of the first generation of MMX processors. At the annual show in California, Intel demonstrated what it will call the Pentium Processor with...
[October 23, 1997, 9:21]
One Year Ago: Intel Revs 200MHz MMX OverDrives
News Intel is topping up its processor upgrade line with 180MHz (£199) and 200MHz (£239) Pentium MMX OverDrives. The chip upgrades ship with a sampler MMX title -- Ferris Wolf's Rebel Moon Rising -- and, for a limited period, a second program.
[August 3, 1998, 6:06]
Xing Adds MMX, Web Savvy To MPEG Software
News The XingMPEG Encoder2 adds support for MMX processors and smaller file sizes designed to make it more useful for working the Web. AVI and WAV files can be converted to MPEG and Xing claims that a minute of video can be encoded in 45 seconds.
[May 9, 1997, 14:41]
Kewney: Of MMX And Acronyms
News He's referring to the multimedia enhancements, which are trademarked under the name MMX. Of course, MMX is not an acronym. Intel has sued both Cyrix and AMD for using the phrase "MMX", saying that the two companies were adopting "strategies to...
[March 18, 1997, 15:48]
A Year Ago: Intel 0.25-micron Mobile MMX Chips Due Next Monday
News Intel will next Monday roll out low-power 200MHz and 233MHz Pentium MMX processors, firing a new generation of fast but thrifty mobile PCs. The parts - formerly known by the Tillamook codename - will be the first to be based on the chip giant's...
[September 1, 1998, 6:37]
Networld+Interop: Dual Offers Sub-£1K MMX Notebook
News Dual's Minerva is a 133MHz MMX-based unit with 16Mb EDO RAM, 1.4Mb hard drive, sound, 12.1-inch dual-scan screen, nickel metal hydride battery and Windows 95. It costs £999 + VAT. Dual Technology: 01223-576622
[October 29, 1997, 14:34]
Intel Wireless MMX Technology: Power-Efficient Multimedia For Handhelds
White Papers Intel Wireless MMX technology is a high-performance, low-power, 64-bit multimedia coprocessor for the Intel XScale processor family. Wireless MMX technology gives developers all the components for developing, debugging and running multimedia...
[November 14, 2007, 23:00]
AMD Free To Use MMX Term
News A shadow was removed from AMD's K6 processor launch planned for late today when the chip maker announced it is now free to use the MMX name in marketing and advertising copy. A federal judge in the US has turned down Intel's request for a temporary...
[April 2, 1997, 12:09]
UK Patent Office Backs US MMX Ruling
News The Patent Office ruled that MMX "is a term that is customary in the trade" and said "the application was accepted in error". We are delighted that common sense has prevailed," said Richard Baker, regional marketing manager for PC products at AMD.
[April 2, 1997, 12:22]
Rivals Say AMD/Intel MMX War Will Go On
News While AMD took its battle to the courts, Cyrix did a deal with Intel which allowed it to use the MMX term with proper attribution. What it comes down to is ensuring that we and our customers can use the MMX trademark in promotional and marketing...
[April 3, 1997, 10:19]
MMX Set For January 7 Release
News MMX chips contain 57 new instructions that accelerate multimedia performance. The delayed parts will miss Christmas but be available in PCs immediately on the day of announcement. Formerly known by the P55C code-name, the chips will run at 166MHz...
[October 17, 1996, 11:35]
One Year Ago: AMD Free To Use MMX Term
News A shadow was removed from AMD's K6 processor launch planned for late today when the chip maker announced it is now free to use the MMX name in marketing and advertising copy. A federal judge in the US has turned down Intel's request for a temporary...
[April 2, 1998, 7:00]
