- February 11
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- Advanced Micro Devices introduces the 850 MHz Athlon processor. Price is US$849 in 1000 unit quantities. [975.12] [1559] [1635.52]
- February 15
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- At the Intel Developer's Forum, Intel demonstrates an upcoming 32-bit processor, code-named Willamette, running at 1.5 GHz. [1030.3] [1559] [1741.113]
- February 22
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- Advanced Micro Devices releases the 550 MHz K6-2 processor. Price is US$189 in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
- Via unveils the Cyrix III processor, with speeds of 400 and 433 MHz, and system bus speeds of 100, 124, and 133 MHz. Prices are US$89 and US$99. Via expects to begin shipping the processor in April. Code-name during development was Joshua. [1559]
- March 3
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- Advanced Micro Devices announces it is phasing out its K6-III processor line. [1559]
- March 6
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- Advanced Micro Devices releases 900, 950 MHz, and 1 GHz Athlon processors. Each processor features 512 kB of Level 2 off-chip cache. Prices are US$899, US$999, and US$1299 in 1000-unit quantities. [1119.1] [1214.32] [1236.98] [1559] [1635.48]
- March 8
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- Intel announces and begins shipping the 1 GHz Pentium III processor in limited quantities. [1030.3] [1119.1] [1214.32] [1231.72] [1236.98] [1559] [1635.49]
- March 20
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- Intel releases the 850 and 866 MHz Pentium III processors. Prices are US$765 and US$776 in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
- March 29
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- Intel introduces the 566 and 600 MHz Celeron processors, with multimedia instructions, 66 MHz bus, and 128 kB integrated Level 2 cache. Prices are US$167 and US$181 in 1000-unit quantities. [1180.40] [1559]
- April 27
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- Advanced Micro Devices announces that its upcoming low-cost processor, currently code-named Spitfire, will be called Duron when it is released in June. [1559]
- May 24
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- Intel releases the 933 MHz Pentium III processor. It features 256 kB of Level 2 on-chip cache. Price is US$794 in 1000-unit quantities. [1214.32] [1559]
- (month unknown)
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- Intel introduces the 500 MHz mobile Celeron processor. It features 128 kB level 2 cache, and was created using a 0.18-micron process. Price is US$134 in 1000 unit quantities. [1055.45]
- Intel introduces the 450 MHz mobile Celeron processor. It features 128 kB level 2 cache, and was created using a 0.18-micron process. Price is US$96 in 1000 unit quantities. [1055.45]
- Intel introduces the 400 MHz mobile Celeron processor. It operates at 1.35 volts, designed for small notebook computers. It features 128 kB level 2 cache, and was created using a 0.18-micron process. Price is US$96 in 1000 unit quantities. [1055.45]
- June 5
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- Advanced Micro Devices introduces 750 MHz to 1 GHz Athlon processors. The processor includes integrated 256 kB Level 2 cache. Prices range from US$319 to US$990. Code-name during development was Thunderbird. [1559]
- Advanced Micro Devices begins shipping 600 to 700 MHz Duron processors to computer manufacturers. Prices start at US$112. [1559]
- June 6
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- At the Computex trade show, Via Technologies of Taiwan introduces the Cyrix III processor. Speeds are 533 to 667 MHz, priced between US$75 and US$160. [1559]
- June 19
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- Advanced Micro Devices introduces the Duron processor, available in speeds of 600, 650 and 700 MHz. It features 3DNow! multimedia instruction set, 192 kB Level 1 cache, 200 MHz bus, 64 MB Level 2 cache, and 64-bit path to Level 2 cache. The processor incorporates 25 million transistors in 0.18 micron technology. Prices are US$112, US$154, and US$192 in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was Spitfire. [1180.40] [1231.72] [1236.41] [1278.114] [1559]
- Intel releases 600 and 750 MHz mobile Pentium III processors. Prices are US$316 and US$562 each in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
- Intel releases 500, 600, and 650 MHz mobile Celeron processors. Prices are US$134, US$134, and US$181 each in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
- June 26
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- Intel launches 633, 667, and 700 MHz Celeron processors. Prices are US$138, US$170, US$192 in 1000-unit quantities. [1180.40] [1559]
- Advanced Micro Devices unveils 550 and 533 MHz K6-2+ processors for notebook computers. Prices are US$85 and US$99 in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
- June 28
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- Intel announces that the processor code-named "Willamette" will formally be called Pentium 4. [1097.12] [1559]
- (month unknown)
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- At an Intel developer conference, Intel demonstrates a 2 GHz Pentium 4 processor. [1179.7]
- Gabon issues a postage stamp depicting a microprocessor, as an achievement of the 20th century. [2422.19]
- July
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- Advanced Micro Devices begins shipping the Duron processor in volume. [1231.72]
- July 31
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- Intel releases the 1.13 GHz Pentium III processor. It incorporates 44 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Code-name during development was Tualatin. [1119.1] [1179.54] [1559] (August [11.23])
- August 22
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- Intel announces the 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor, incorporating 42 million transistors. [1750.78]
- August 23
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- Intel announces the XScale processor for future handheld computers, and demonstrates a processor running at 1 GHz. [1559]
- August 28
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- Advanced Micro Devices begins volume shipments of its 1.1 GHz Athlon processor. [1046.6] [1179.54] [1260.64] [1559]
- Intel temporarily ceases production of its 1.13 GHz Pentium III processor, and recalls those that have been shipped, due to the discovery of system hangs under certain conditions. [1046.6] [11.23] [1119.13] [1179.54] [1260.64] [1559] [1751.50]
- September 5
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- Advanced Micro Devices unveils the 750 MHz Duron processor. Price is US$181 each in 1000-unit quantities. [1172.162] [1236.41] [1559]
- September
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- Intel cancels a processor code-named Timna, that was to integrate graphics and memory controllers. [1260.64]
- September 25
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- Intel releases 800 and 850 MHz mobile Pentium III processors. Prices are US$508 and US$722 each in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
- Intel releases the 700 MHz mobile Celeron processor. Price is US$181 each in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
- September 27
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- In New York, Sun Microsystems announces the UltraSPARC III processor. The processor incorporates 29 million transistors. Speeds available are 600 and 750 MHz. [14.1] [1559]
- October
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- Transmeta releases the 600 MHz Crusoe processor. [1172.162]
- Transmeta releases the 600 MHz Crusoe processor. [1172.162]
- October 17
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- Advanced Micro Devices officially releases the 1.2 GHz Athlon processor. Price is US$612 in 1000-unit quantities. [69.28] [1172.162] [1559]
- Advanced Micro Devices officially releases the 800 MHz Duron processor. Price is US$172 in 1000-unit quantities. [69.28] [1559]
- November 13
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- Intel releases the 733 and 766 MHz Celeron processors. Prices are US$112 and US$170 each in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
- November 20
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- At the Comdex trade show, Intel introduces the Pentium 4 processor, at speeds of 1.4 and 1.5 GHz. It features 8 kB Level 1 data cache, 12 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 256 kB Level 2 cache, 400 MHz system bus, NetBurst micro-architecture. The processor requires Rambus memory be used with it. The processor includes MMX and SSE instructions, and adds 144 new multimedia instructions: Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2). The processor incorporates 42 million transistors in a 0.18-micron process. Code-name during development was Willamette. Prices are US$819 (1.5 GHz) and US$644 (1.4 GHz) in 1000-unit quantities. [52.13] [69.28] [1168.30] [1172.161] [1236.41] [1260.64] [1262.36] [1263.60] [1278.114] [1454.124] [1551.8] [1559] (September [1179.69]) (October [1897.132])
- November
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- At Comdex, Advanced Micro Devices demonstrates computer systems running a 1.5 GHz AMD processor. [52.13]
- (month unknown)
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- Advanced Micro Devices ceases production of the K6 mobile processor line. [1493.163]
- Year
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- Market share of personal computer processors: Intel 82.2%, Advanced Micro Devices 16.7%. [1559]
- Market share of desktop personal computer processors worldwide: Advanced Micro Devices 18%. [1559]
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