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December 18, 1998
The Register
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The timer chip in Cruise Tomahawk
missiles could have been responsible for one of the
missiles going awry and landing in Iran today, The
Register can reveal. This morning, a Tomahawk missile
landed by mistake in southern Iran,although President
Katamai (it's true!) has not lodged a formal complaint.
After Gulf War I, we put it to a senior executive at
AMD that it was the 286 chips in Tomahawks which had
caused some of them to not hit their targets.
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December 18, 1998
The Register
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Did you know Intel had a Military HQ in
Baghdad? No, nor did we. So we were surprised when we
opened our copy of UK national the Guardian to see the
pictures (below) of the HQ before and after the first US
air strike. The photograph, emanating from the
Pentagon, is the first clear proof of the US government's
intent to smash the monopoly...
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By Mark Hachman
December 17, 1998
Electronic Buyers' News
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S3 Inc. and Intel Corp. signed a
ten-year patent cross-licensing deal that also allows
Intel the option of investing in S3. The broad
agreement covers all of the patents owned by S3 and
Intel, but specifically excludes S3 from manufacturing an
x86-based microprocessor, according to an S3 spokeswoman.
In addition, Intel will purchase an undisclosed number of
warrants to purchase S3 stock, details of which will be
released in a future SEC filing.
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By Michael Kanellos
December 18, 1998
C/Net
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With S3 teaming up with Intel, life just
got tougher for other graphics chip vendors. The
long-predicted consolidation in the crowded graphics
field took another big step forward today when S3 said it
will make "integrated " chipsets in 1999 that
combine 3D capabilities with some of the input-output
functions required by Intel's Pentium II processors.
There are more than 40 graphics vendors now, "and
I certainly would hope that graphics companies recognize
that there are way too many of them," said Peter
Glaskowsky, graphics vendor at MicroDesign Resources.
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By Lisa DiCarlo and John Spooner
December 18, 1998
PC Week Online
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Although Intel Corp. and S3 Inc. have
agreed to share their respective architecture and
graphics technology, the cross-licensing agreement
reached Thursday appears to be more about legal issues
than technical innovation. The companies announced they
will share intellectual property for 10 years. As part of
the agreement, S3 gets a bus license for Intel's
"general purpose" processors -- most likely
Celeron and StrongARM, although neither company disclosed
specifics. S3 will also build integrated processors that
can be used in set-top boxes and devices running Windows
CE.
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By James Niccolai
December 18, 1998
InfoWorld Electric
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Intel has signed a 10-year
cross-licensing agreement with graphics chip maker S3
that allows Intel to use S3 technology in future
semiconductor products. The move is the latest by
Intel to become more of a player in the graphics chip
arena. Earlier this year the company closed a deal to
acquire graphics chip maker Chips & Technologies, and
took a 20 percent stake in another graphics technology
vendor, Lockheed Martin subsidiary Real 3D.
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By Eric C. Fleming
December 17, 1998
Inter@ctive Week
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Shares of S3 Inc. (Nasdaq:SIII) rose 1
11/16 to 6 23/32 Thursday after the graphics chip maker
entered into a 10-year cross-licensing agreement with
Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), which also plans to buy
warrants to buy S3 shares for undisclosed terms. S3 may
need Intel's help as its market shrinks. Earlier this
week, 3Dfx Inc. agreed to merge with STB Systems Inc.
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By Marcia Savage
December 18, 1998
Computer Reseller News
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Graphics-chip maker S3 announced a deal
with Intel Thursday that includes a broad, 10-year
cross-licensing agreement for all S3 and Intel patents
for development of certain semiconductor products. The
arrangement also includes a bus license for current and
future Intel processors, and the selection of S3 as a
validation, or development partner, with Intel on 4xAGP
technology. Specific terms of the agreement were not
disclosed.
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| December 17, 1998 |
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December 17, 1998
Semiconductor Business News
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S3 Inc. here today announced that Intel
Corp. plans to purchase warrants for shares in the
graphics chip supplier, and the two companies have
entered into a 10-year cross licensing agreement. The
terms of the stock acquisition were not disclosed. S3
said the cross licensing agreement covers all
semiconductor-related patents, including current and
future general-purpose processors, buses and graphics
technology.
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By Mike Magee
December 17, 1998
The Register
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In a burst of pre-launch publicity, chip
giant Intel has renamed its Katmai New Instructions set
to the far sexier "Streaming SIMD Extensions". But
the company is at pains to point out that the new name is
not a trademark, will not be abbreviated to SSE and will
not be used in advertising material.
According to Intel, Katmai was an internal codename
for both SSE (oops) and for the desktop CPU which will be
introduced late February.
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By Mike Magee
December 17, 1998
The Register
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A table released by AMD claimed that
3DNow beats KNI (Katmai New Instructions) by supporting
functions in existing operating systems, DirectX 6.0 and
current titles. But those claims are disputed by
Intel. A representative said: "KNI will run with
Windows 98 straight out of the box." He said,
however, that Windows 95 will never support the
instructions.
He said that Microsoft has already released a Windows
NT patch to allow it to support Katmai CPUs and that
DirectX 6.1, which is currently in gold code, also
supports the instructions.
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By Reuters
December 17, 1998
C/Net
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Graphics computer chipmaker S3 said
today that it had agreed to a ten-year cross-licensing
pact with Intel that will allow Intel to use S3
technology in future Intel chips. The deal marks the
latest advance in Intel's march to incorporate advanced
graphics technology into its microprocessors, the chips
that form the brains of the vast majority of the world's
personal computers.
Under terms of the deal, S3 said Intel would purchase
warrants to buy S3 shares. It did not disclose the terms
of the warrant purchase, or other financial terms of the
deal.
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| December 16, 1998 |
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By Reuters
December 16, 1998
C/Net
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Taiwan's Silicon Integrated Systems said
today that it was close to signing a licensing deal with
giant Intel to make chipsets using Intel's Pentium II
processors. "We have been in talks with Intel
about the Pentium II patent for a long time and now are
finally close to a deal," an SIS spokeswoman said by
telephone.
"There are a few details yet to be finalized. But
we are very, very close," said the spokeswoman, who
asked not to be named. "We could strike a deal any
time."
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December 16, 1998
The Register
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The end of AMD’s K6 chip now looks
even more likely than ever. The rival to Intel’s
throne claims that it sold 11 million members of the K6
chip family in 1998 and says an additional 10 million
K6-2 chips will be sold by the middle of the first
quarter of 1999.
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By Mike Magee
December 15, 1998
The Register
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The shortage of 350MHz Pentium IIs now
appears to have had a knock on effect on higher end
processors, with reports that there is now some
difficulty in sourcing 400MHz and 450MHz parts. But
Intel is sticking by its official statement it made three
weeks ago, when it stated there were some constraints on
350MHz Pentium IIs. That has caused some distributors and
dealers to persuade customers to buy 450MHz PIIs instead.
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By Socket Tuomey
(Sock-it-to-me?)
December 15, 1998
The Register
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Now what is Intel going to call the
Katmai when it's released February end? Sources tell
The Register that the former contender, Pentium III, is
now out of the picture. Too many characters for the
special department at Intel that regulates these things.
Someone reckons the family is going to be called the
Pentium 2000. Hmm...too close to Microsoft.
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By Mike Magee
December 15, 1998
The Register
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Intel is likely to introduce a Celeron
processor with a 100MHz bus next year but will wait until
Katmai is released to differentiate these processors from
its low end chips, it has emerged. But the possibility
of a 100MHz Celeron is likely to confuse end users,
already bewildered by a plethora of clock speeds,
different chip flavours and branding campaigns.
Yesterday, AMD claimed it had an edge on Intel's
technology because it would have a frontside bus of
200MHz on its forthcoming K7.
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Intel
to Accelerate Celerons
Low-end CPU series aims to take back
ground from AMD and Cyrix, reports say.
By Terho Uimonen
December 14, 1998
PC World
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Intel is taking new aim atrecapturing
lost market share at the low end of the desktop PC
market, industry sources here said, by accelerating
release dates of its Celeron processor series. And by
mid-1999, Celeron speeds could jump to 433 MHz from
today's 333 MHz. Intel early next month will debut the
first Celeron chips in a new 370-pin socket packaging at
speeds as high as 366 MHz. A 400-MHz version will follow
by March, and an even faster 433 MHz iteration is
scheduled for introduction late in the second quarter,
sources at Taiwan chip set and motherboard makers said.
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By Rick Boyd-Merritt and Mark Carroll
December 14, 1998
EE Times
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Intel will add new security and software
functions to future chip sets in a move that will boost
the profile of its upcoming Katmai processors as key
silicon for multimedia and e-commerce. But the plan is
raising concerns among software, semiconductor and
systems companies that fear the processor giant could
wind up encroaching on their markets, extending its own
reach deeper into the PC architecture. Intel's plans
center around a so-called firmware hub, essentially a
flash memory with key BIOS functions, which will be part
of its Camino, Carmel, and Whitney chip sets. Those
products will accompany next year's Katmai processors and
are expected to be used in the Merced line, too.
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By Marcia Savage
December 14, 1998
Computer Reseller News
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Intel is looking to ensure product
reliability and broad application support for server
"appliances" by teaming up with other industry
leaders to develop a set of platform specifications. The
goal is to produce a design guide that defines common
hardware platform basics for the emerging network-based
server-appliance market, said executives at the Santa
Clara, Calif.-based chip maker.
Server appliances are custom-built to perform a single
function or a limited set of functions, said Lauri Minas,
general manager of Intel's server-industry marketing
operation. They don't require any configuration by the
end user. Businesses now use them mainly as Web servers,
caching servers, e-mail servers, or for a firewall.
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By Tom Spring
December 11, 1998
PC World
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Study says Intel is lagging in
competitive low-cost PC market. The chips are down for
Intel in the booming low-cost computer market.
Intel is losing its lock-tight grip of the
microprocessor market, according to recent market data.
Competition is particularly tough in the robust sub-$1000
PC niche.
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By Mike Magee
December 14, 1998
The Register
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A problem with a software timing loop in
Windows 95 has re-emerged but this time it is Intel,
rather than AMD, which appears to have difficulties. Motherboard
manufacturer Gigabyte, one of the most successful third
party manufacturers for Intel, is stressing the fact that
it is providing what it calls the Intel PIIX4 Patch
Utility for Windows 95 with 370-pin Celeron motherboards
it is supplying.
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By Mike Magee
December 14, 1998
The Register
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A senior executive from AMD Europe has
expressed surprise that Intel is moving from slot
architecture to socket architecture again, given that bus
speeds will mount swiftly over the next two years. Rana
Mainee, head of European market research at AMD, said
that the K7 will have a slot architecture for technical
and not for marketing reasons.
He said: "The slot architecture is significant
for 200MHz buses, which the K7 will support. Bus timings
between 133MHz and 150MHz start to get very difficult to
guarantee using socket architecture."
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By Andrew Orlowski
December 12, 1998
ZD Net UK
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Several major vendors emerged last week
as backers for Intel's new, dedicated, easy-to-configure
network servers. The concept of appliance servers is
being backed by Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent, Novell,
Oracle and SCO, and Compaq is expected to join them. The
hardware and software suppliers will forgo their
traditional profits margins to seed a volume business in
low-cost server appliances. New motherboard designs have
been discussed, and will form a major part of Intel's
plans.
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