Daring to save with a cleaner chip

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Computer shoppers seeking a machine that operates on an off-brand and less expensive microprocessor must determine their needs in advance as well as value performance over brand name. The growing number of Intel competitors already hold 15% of the new PC market, and experts say the total could reach 20% by the end of 1998. About 50% of microprocessors sold on sub-$1,000 computers are 266MHz chips from companies such as Cyrix, AMD and Integrated Device Technologies. Multimedia games and sophisticated graphics programs should be reserved for microprocessors with speeds up to 333MHz. Those who seek computers for communication and word processing can use 200MHz microprocessors, which currently sell for less than $800. Intel in Apr 1998 unveiled the 266MHz Celeron chip, and plans to add chips with a secondary cache by the end of 1998.

Microprocessor Chips, Microprocessor, CPUs (Central processing units), Marketing, Microprocessors, Technology overview

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A place to please the techies

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Businesses employing technology industry workers seek locations where schools are good, housing is affordable and nearby, the cost of doing business is low and there is room for growth. These are typically newer suburbs, outlying more established metropolitan areas, with a strong university presence nearby. Irvine, CA and Raleigh-Durham, NC, are communities that have planned for and wooed newer, growing companies, like Broadcom. A University of Miami study of the New York city region showed 80 percent of tech jobs were now at the periphery of the metro area, in northwestern New Jersey, for example.

United States, Data Communications ICs, Computer network equipment industry, Network hardware industry, High technology industry, Location, Communications technology, Telecommunications, Data communications circuits, Irvine, California, Broadcom Inc.

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