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January 1995
January 23, 1995
- Shift to Pentium Begins in Earnest
- MPEG Sales Poised to Take Off
- Processor Performance Climbs Steadily
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Inexorable March of the Microprocessor
February 1995
February 16, 1995
- P6 Underscores Intel’s Lead
- Intel’s P6 Uses Decoupled Superscalar Design
- PowerPC 602 Aims for Consumer Products
- General Magic Reveals RISC Strategy
- Toshiba Fields Embedded MIPS Processor
- Most Significant Bits
- Viewpoint: The x86 Is Here to Stay—Get Used to It
- Editorial: No Guarantees for Microprocessors
March 1995
March 6, 1995
- Hal Reveals Multichip SPARC Processor
- Hitachi SH-3 Hits 100 MIPS
- Intel Releases Pentium Errata List
- NeoMagic Puts Graphics System in One Chip
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: The upside of the Pentium Bug
March 27, 1995
- Thumb Squeezes ARM Code Size
- Pentium Is First CPU to Reach 0.35 Micron
- NEC Plunges into PDA Processor Market
- ISSCC ’95 Foreshadows Gigachip Era
- New Algorithm Improves Branch Prediction
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Embedded Products Drive MIPS Success
April 1995
April 17, 1995
- Universal Serial Bus to Simplify PC I/O
- Synchronous Cache Popularity Increases
- Most Significant Bits
- Viewpoint: Car Wars
- Editorial: AMD’s Quandary - Lead or Follow?
May 1995
May 8, 1995
- NEC Unveils New MIPS Chip for Nintendo
- AMD K5 Volume Slips into 1996
- NSP Shows Promise on Pentium, PowerPC
- Most Significant Bits
- Viewpoint: Breaking Moore’s Law
- Editorial: Intel and Microsoft Vie for PC Leadership
May 30, 1995
- Intel’s P6 Bus Designed for Multiprocessing
- Intel Boosts Notebook Pentium to 90 MHz
- UltraSparc Rolls Out at Target Clock Speed
- Action-Packed Fray for Newest Video Games
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Can Apple Adapt to PC Business Model?
June 1995
June 19, 1995
- Unified Memory Architecture Cuts PC Cost
- Intel Plugs i960 into PC Servers
- PowerPC 604 Emerges in Systems
- Pentium Competitors Go Head to Head
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: PowerPC Delivers Beef, But No Sizzle
July 1995
July 10, 1995
- Cyrix 5x86 Targets Low-End Pentium
- GEC Plessey Spins New ARM Chips
- 68328 to Power Handheld Organizer
- Nvidia Launches Multimedia Accelerator
- Microprocessors Lead the Way to 0.35 Microns
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: What Is a 586?
July 31, 1995
- P6 Underperforms on 16-Bit Software
- MPEG Choices for PCs Abound
- SGS-Thomson Debuts New 32-Bit Micro
- IBM Creates PowerPC Processors for AS/400
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Windows NT Gets Push from P6
August 1995
August 21, 1995
- Vendors Fight for Pentium Core-Logic Market
- SPEC95 Retires SPEC92
- The Future of Computing Platforms
- Most Significant Bits
- Viewpoint: Is Intel Sandbagging on Speed?
- Editorial: Lessons from the 88000’s Demise
September 1995
September 11, 1995
- National Pushes 486 into Embedded Market
- New PowerPCs Aimed at Consumer Devices
- Motorola Defines ColdFire Core Again
- First SPEC95 Results Pump Up HP, IBM
- Multimedia to Shine at Microprocessor Forum
- Most Significant Bits
- Viewpoint: Going Native!
- Editorial: Intel Bows to Microsoft, OEM Pressure
October 1995
October 2, 1995
- Intel Accelerates Pentium Notebook Push
- Six DRAM Vendors Back 64M Rambus Chip
- Intel Unveils Low-Power 486SX for PDAs
- Alternative Packaging Gains Ground
- Pentium PC Performance Varies Widely
- Most Significant Bits
- Viewpoint: What’s Next for Microprocessor Design?
- Editorial: The Death of the Superprocessor
October 23, 1995
- Nx686 Goes Toe-to-Toe with Pentium Pro
- MicroUnity Lifts Veil on MediaProcessor
- Cyrix GX Slashes System Cost
- Chromatic Raises the Multimedia Bar
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Apple’s Crisis of Perception
November 1995
November 13, 1995
- Intel Boosts Pentium Pro to 200 MHz
- AMD Buys NexGen to Boost x86 Position
- Integrated PA-7300LC Powers HP Midrange
- StrongArm Punches Up ARM Performance
- UltraSparc to Pick Up Speed in 1996
- First TriMedia Chip Boards PCI Bus
- Most Significant Bits
- Viewpoint: RISC-like Design Fares Well for x86 CPUs
- Editorial: Multimedia APIs Spur Innovation
December 1995
December 4, 1995
- IBM Extends DSP Performance with Mfast
- AMD Kills 29000 Development
- Hitachi Adds FP, DSP Units to SuperH Chips
- Enhanced HyperSparc Challenges UltraSparc
- New 56301 DSP Doubles 24-Bit Performance
- IBM Reveals Minimal PowerPC 401 Core
- Pentium Pro Debuts with Few Bugs
- System Architects Look to the Future
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Web Terminals – Next Paradigm Shift?
December 25, 1995
- Delayed Pentium Challenge to Hit in ’96
- Embedded CPUs Shift to Consumer Usage
- MoSys Reveals MDRAM Architecture
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Emulation Could Unburden Designers
