Microprocessors: Early Years Motorola RISC See also: Intel
850114 HP's Secret Weapon: Simplicity: RISC
850823
Simplicity Is Focus in Efforts To Increase Computer Power: RISC
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870720
Chipmakers are Taking
a Gamble on RISC
871209 Motorola Is Developing Computer Chip Using RISC Technology
880416 Shift to Simplicity [RISC] Promises Big Advances
in Computing
880418 Motorola to Identify Hardware, Software Firms Endorsing
New Chips
880625
I.B.M. Challenging Its Competitors' Use Of [RISC] New Technology
880714 Digital Is Expected to Buy a Chip
880830 Sun Microsystems Has More Firms Join Plan for New
Standard
880921 Digital and MIPS Announce Technology Transfer Agreement
881122 Users of Sparc, A Chip System, Form a Group
890928
Computer Chip Starts Angry Debate - RISC vs. CISC
891002 Sun Endorses First SPEC Benchmarks
891127 The Battle Royal In Chips
920507 TI Announces Availability Of SuperSPARC. First to
Make RISC Multiprocessing Easy
920507 TI To Follow SuperSPARC With Next-Generation CPU
Products
920615 Next Generation of the SPARC Architecture Unveiled
921001
IBM, Motorola Complete First PowerPC RISC Chip
930225 Digital Announces Performance, Availability and Pricing
for 200 MHz Alpha AXP DECchip
930322 SMCC Unveils SPARC CPU Roadmap
930426 Motorola Announces Shipments of PowerPC Chip
930429
RISC PCs Aim To Chip
Away At Intel's Hold
930525 SMCC and Fujitsu form a design partnership to develop
microSPARC II
930726 Challenging the King of Chips
930830 Sun and TI Team Up For 64-bit UltraSPARC-I
930910 Digital Enters Volume PC with Two New Alpha AXP Architecture
Microprocessors
930921 IBM Introduces Industry Leading Microprocessor
931011 Sun Announces MicroSPARC-II Availability
931012 Motorola Announces 80 MHz PowerPC 601
931018 IBM, Motorola Achieve First Silicon of the PowerPC
603
940303 Motorola Announces Price Reduction for PowerPC 601
940330 IBM and Motorola Boost PowerPC 601 Performance
9404xx Intel
Pushes the 80x86 Envelope. Intel is behind the RISC curve
9404xx What About Intel? Needs to come up with a response
to RISC phenomenon
9404xx Developing for RISC. Tools for Intel-class processors
are easier to use
940413 Sun Microsystems to support IEEE Std. 1754 Microprocessor
Architecture
940419 Motorola, IBM Achieve Performance With New PowerPC
604 Chip
940503 Motorola Announces PowerPC 603 Chip
940523 PC Manufacturers Can Enter The Emerging RISC PC Market
Quickly and Cost-Effectively
9406xx PowerPC 604 Weighs In
940606 Digital Announces New Reduced Prices for Alpha AXP
Microprocessors
940627 IBM Announces Pricing and Availability for the PowerPC
603
940907 Digital Extends Leadership With New Generation of
Alpha AXP Microprocessors
940919 Sun's SPARC Technology Business Discloses Next-Generation
Processor
941010 IBM Delivers New Versions of its PowerPC RISC Microprocessors
941018 Motorola Announces Production of PowerPC Microprocessors
941018 Motorola, IBM Introduce PowerPC 620 Microprocessor
9411xx The New CPUS. Can AMD top the Pentium?
9411xx PowerPC 620 Soars
950213 New PowerPC 603 and PowerPC 602 Microprocessors
950524 Sun Samples UltraSPARC
950612 PowerPC Alliance Announces Mainstream Desktop Microprocessor
950620 New Notebook and Desktop PowerPC Systems Unveiled
at PC Expo
950828 100 MHz 603e PowerPC Processor Drives Notebook Computers
951011 Sun Discloses UltraSPARC-II
951026 IBM, Motorola to develop manufacturing processes
for next-generation PowerPC
951030 IBM ships the fastest desktop microprocessor now
available
951107 SPARC Technology Business Announces 85 MHz SuperSPARC-II
951107 The Game Is Changed; 200 MHz UltraSPARC
951113 Digital to Ship Samples of Latest Alpha Chip
960429 IBM ships fastest PowerPC 604 processor. PowerPC
604 Runs at 166 and 180 MHz
960513 Motorola and IBM announce volume desktop and portable
200MHz microprocessors
960513 Motorola Announces Pricing for 200-, 180- and 166MHz
PowerPC 603e Microprocessors
960618 Digital and Samsung Announce Alpha Microprocessor
Agreement
960708 Newest Alpha Microprocessor Hits 500MHz, Alpha Tops
for Windows NT Visual Computing
960722 IBM introduces PowerPC microprocessor at 225 MHz
960805 Motorola Announces 200-, 180-, 166MHz PowerPC 604e
Microprocessors
961021 IBM, Motorola announce first 240 MHz volume desktop
and portable microprocessor
961021 Motorola Ships First 240MHz Volume Desktop and Portable
Microprocessor
9611xx PowerPC
alliance will strike back with higher clock speeds
961114 IBM plans server overhaul
970206 Motorola offers peek at new G3 chip
970317 Alpha is Launched into the Volume Windows NT PC Market
with Low Cost Microprocessor
970331 Alpha 21164 Microprocessor Streaks to 600MHz
970404 Motorola Announces 300-, 275- and 250 MHz PowerPC
603e Microprocessors
970414 IBM PowerPC 604e microprocessor -- smaller and faster
970428
Why the Fastest Chip Didn't Win. Digital's Alpha outraces the Pentium
970527 IBM PowerPC 604e microprocessor -- now at 250 MHz
970804 IBM, Motorola deliver PowerPC Microprocessors using
next-generation design
971014 Next-generation high-performance 64-bit Microprocessor
family unveiled by IBM
980105 IBM introduces 275 MHz PowerPC 750 microprocessor
980316 IBM Announces New PowerPC Processor for MacOS Systems
980611
IBM and Motorola Announce Somerset Transition
980727 Motorola's PowerPC 750 Microprocessor Advances to
366 MHz
980901 IBM Delivers World's First Copper Chips
981005 New IBM POWER3 chip
981013 HP Discloses Long-term PA-RISC Roadmap
981013 HP Unveils Third-generation 64-bit PA-8500 Processor
990312 PowerPC
chip hits fork in the road
990505 Motorola, IBM have big PowerPC plans
990722 IBM copper chip powers Apple's new iBook
990831 Motorola's New MPC7400 Microprocessor Delivers Performance
991006
Intel's competitors refuse to follow the leader
991013 Apple Reconfigures Power Mac G4 Processor Speeds
to Match Chip Availability
991014 After Motorola delays, Apple adds IBM as G4 supplier
000926 Motorola's New MPC7410 Microprocessor
000927 Sun's UltraSPARC III Processor Debuts in Next Generation
Workstation and Server
010109 Motorola Introduces the MPC7450 powerpc Microprocessor
010109 Jobs unveils 733-MHz Power Macs - Megahertz myth
010510 IBM pushes to 2GHz
010718 Motorola Extends High Performance powerpc G4 Processor
Family
010918 HP Introduces Next-generation PA-8700 Processor Technology
Across UNIX Product Lines
011017 IBM Introduces 1 GHz PowerPC Microprocessor
020128 Motorola Ships First 1 GHz Processor Implementing
The powerpc Instruction Set
020204 Sun Microsystems Praises Texas Instruments 90 Nanometer
Process Technology
020808 IBM breeds PC chip from server DNA
021014 IBM Unveils New 64-Bit PowerPC 970 Microprocessor
030623 Apple and IBM Introduce the PowerPC G5 Processor
031013 Sun Delivers on its throughput Computing Strategy
with Introduction of UltraSPARC IV
031013 Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments Celebrate
15-Year Anniversary
041005 Sun Drives Multithreaded Processor Innovation with
New UltraSPARC IV+