The Intel Pentium processor allowed computers to more easily incorporate "real world" data such as speech, sound, handwriting and photographic images.
Both the 386 and 486 generations of Intel processors generated small fortunes for dozens of chipset makers back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Intel wasn't even on the radar screen. But the Pentium chip in 1993 changed all that. Major suppliers such as Chips and Technologies, VLSI and Opti began to fade quickly when the Pentium processor hit the market.
When Intel came out with the Pentium processor, vendors simply did not have stable, competitive products ready, according to one analyst .
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- Sorry to get off topic. Where can I get a copy or download a video of Forbidden Planet?
On topic. This is really interesting both archivally and as a development process. Seeing what each one looked like has been interesting. Kinda like looking at guts without the blood.... (Read the rest) - Posted by: kazwhite07@... Posted on: 04/04/07 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use
God bless the progress of technology
MIS Master | 11/14/06
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Good photo documentry - zdnet
not of this world | 11/14/06
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Altair
casadata | 12/07/06
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Forbidden Planet
kazwhite07@... | 04/04/07
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wow
matt.techster@... | 04/03/07
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great essay
blisseyegg2343@... | 04/03/07
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