Linley Newsletter
Analysis of new developments in microprocessors and other semiconductor products
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January 1999
January 25, 1999
- Server Chips Slip; RISCs Regroup
- Integration, Diversification Key in 1998
- Intel Stakes 3D Claim, But ATI Takes Lead
- Intel Gets Aggressive With Celeron
- Dixon Revamps Intel's Mobile Line
- Intel Raises the Ante With P858
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Where's Willamette?
February 1999
February 15, 1999
- The Russians Are Coming
- SGI Chip Set Powers NT Workstations
- Savage4 Shows Substantial Speedup
- The Slater Perspective: Electronic Books Stuck in Nitches
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Pentium III Serial Number Is Just a Tool
March 1999
March 8, 1999
- Pentium III = Pentium II + SSE
- Tensilica CPU Bends to Designers’ Will
- Intel Discloses New IA-64 Features
- CPU Business to Rebound in 1999
- AMD Gets the IIIrd Degree
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: What's the Best Way to Benchmark?
March 29, 1999
- WinChip 2: Low-Price Leader
- Intel Pushes Xeon to 550 MHz
- Sun’s Jini: Science, Not Magic
- Intel Forum Raises Standards Conflicts
- MPEG-4: Way Beyond Video
- The Slater Perspective: Apple Stronger, Not Out of the Woods
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Intel Dodges Bullet
April 1999
April 19, 1999
- Sony's Emotionally Charged Chip
- Infineon’s TriCore Tackles DSP
- Intel Flexes StrongArm With New Chips
- Media, Signal Processing Strong at Forum
- 3D-Chip Leaders Push the Envelope
- Chips Seek High Bandwidth at ISSCC 99
- The Slater Perspective: PC Not Best Choice for Home Hub
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Overclockers Should Thank Intel
May 1999
May 10, 1999
- StrongArm Speed to Triple
- PowerPC Architecture Gets Makeover
- StarCore Reveals Its First DSP
- Intel Innovates With Integrated Graphics
- Microsoft Updates Windows Roadmap
- The Slater Perspective: Profits Elude Intel’s Competitors
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Intel Seeks Salvation on Internet
May 31, 1999
- IA-64: A Parallel Instruction Set
- National Quits PC Processors
- Rise Lays Out Roadmap to Mainstream
- ARC Expands DSP Capabilities
- Jade Enriches MIPS Embedded Family
- SiS Defends Turf Against Intel’s 810
- The Slater Perspective: The Multifunction Device Quandary
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Scorched Earth Blocks Intel Competitors
June 1999
June 21, 1999
- Embedded Benchmarks Grow Up
- Hitachi SH7751 Gains a PCI Interface
- Arm Refocuses DSP Effort
- A Concise Review of 3D Technology
- Alpha Challenges Xeon With Slot B
- The Slater Perspective: Business Computers: AMD’s Next Hurdle
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Game Consoles Attack PCs From Below
July 1999
July 12, 1999
- AMD K7 Rechristened Athlon
- Via to Acquire Cyrix From National
- PowerPC 405GP Has CoreConnect Bus
- SandCraft Adds Multimedia Extensions
- HotRail Rides With New Core Logic
- Microsoft Updates Multimedia Roadmap
- PC Processor Microarchitecture
- The Slater Perspective: Digital Photography Coming of Age
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: What Is a Seventh-Generation Processor?
August 1999
August 2, 1999
- PC Processors for Model Year 2000
- Alliance Detours Into Routers
- National Unveils “Appliance On a Chip”
- Fujitsu FR-V Architecture Bets On VLIW
- Teak Fills Gap Between Oak and Palm
- NEC Sets OpenGL 3D Speed Record
- Smarter Consumer Electronics in the Offing
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Intel Price War Causes Casualties
August 23, 1999
- Athlon Outruns Pentium III
- AMD Irongate Leads to Slot A
- Sun Reveals Secrets of “Magic”
- IDT Expands Embedded MIPS Family
- Lexra Adds DSP Extensions
- Profusion Lowers Cost of Eight-Way Servers
- The Slater Perspective: A Quiet Revolution at Intel
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: What Price Standards?
September 1999
September 13, 1999
- Intel Network Processor Targets Routers
- MAJC Gives VLIW a New Twist
- Reliance Sets Server Standard
- New Chips, New Ideas at Siggraph ’99
- MoSys Explains 1T-SRAM Technology
- The Slater Perspective: Information Appliances Inching Along
- Most Significant Bits
- Viewpoint: Mercy, Mercy, Merced
- Editorial: Via Shopping Spree Reshapes x86 Market
October 1999
October 6, 1999
- Merced Shows Innovative Design
- Power4 Focuses on Memory Bandwidth
- First StarCore DSP Targets Networking
- Hitachi, ST Extend SuperH to 64 Bits
- Cradle Chip Does Anything
- Camino Continues Chip Set Evolution
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Intel Commoditizes 3D Graphics
October 25, 1999
- Coppermine Outruns Athlon
- PowerPC G4 Gains Velocity
- IBM PowerPC 440 Hits 1,000 MIPS
- Sun Makes MAJC With Mirrors
- Mips Plays Hardball With Soft Cores
- AMD Shows Big Server Plans
- Intel 840 Brings RDRAM to Workstations
- VolumePro 1000 Expands 3D Vision
- The Slater Perspective: Direct RDRAM (Almost) Arrives in PCs
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Why Change Instruction Sets?
November 1999
November 15, 1999
- Hal Makes Sparcs Fly
- Massana Unveils DSP Coprocessor Core
- Cirrus Logic Makes Music With ARM
- The Slater Perspective: The Future of Serial Buses
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: A Billion Connected PCs? Guess Again
December 1999
December 6, 1999
- Compaq Chooses SMT for Alpha
- Napalm Ignites Graphics Market
- Mips vs. Lexra: Definitely Not Aligned
- Motorola Cellular DSP Does It All
- The Slater Perspective: Information Appliances Seek Subsidies
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: New Rules Enable Faster Mobile CPUs
December 27, 1999
- X86 Outdoes RISC Performance
- NEC VR4122 Wrestles StrongArm
- Processors Put Pressure on Packages
- The Slater Perspective: The Microprocessor Millennium
- Most Significant Bits
- Editorial: Brainiacs, Speed Demons, and Farewell