Other Press Releases Related to CPU development

• Samsung gets Alpha Architectural License. February 1998

• Intel to buy DEC's Semiconductor Manufacturing Operations. October 1997

  Microprocessor Forum 97:
  

• Intel unveils new EPIC ISA (IA64). Oct 1997 (More Detailed Info, Sun's Response)
• Samsung begins Alpha production. September 1997
• National Semiconductor to buy Cyrix. July 1997
• PowerPC planning multimedia extensions. May 1997
• Exponential closes PowerPC effort. May 1997

  Microprocessor Forum 96:
  

• 16 bit MIPS ISA. October 1996
• MIPS Digital Media Extensions / MIPS V ISA. October 1996
• Samsung to second-source Alpha. June 1996
• P-Rating for comparing x86 processors. Feb. 1996
• SGI and Cray to merge. Feb. 1996
• NEC is sampling 256Mb DRAMs. Feb. 1996
• Intel reports error in Spec92 Numbers for Pentium and P6s. Jan. 1996

• AMD buys Nexgen. Oct. 1995 (stockholders approve)
• Hitachi's new 0.4um plant for SH processors. Sept. 1995
• Spec95 Announcement. Aug. 1995
• IBM's new high-perf CPU Research Facility. June 1995
• Motorola to move to 12" wafers. May 1995
• ARM's Thumb ISA. Mar. 1995
• DEC licenses ARM Architecture. Feb. 1995
• Intel and AMD Settle Differences. Jan. 1995
• Asynchronous Processors Making Headway? . Dec. 1994
• The Pentium FDIV Bug . Dec. 1994
• Cray's 6400 Server tops 100k SpecRate92. Nov. 1994
• Intel's Grip on PC Suppliers Weakens. Nov. 1994
• Intel, VLSI Cancel Agreement on Polar Chip. August, 1994
• Microprocessor Report Argues for New Instruction Set. July, 1994 \
• HP & Intel Joining Forces. June, 1994