Intel chip setbacks heighten strategy concerns

Article Abstract:

Intel Corp. is cancelling the introduction of the Timna chip and is postponing plans for the Pentium 4 introduction. Design bugs have scrapped a few chip introduction as the stock has plummeted 46% the last month. Chief Craig Barrett admits problems because of the enormous complexity of the industry but he defends Intel's quick disclosure of missteps. Some analysts think the company has set its sites too much on new business.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Management, Product defects and recalls, Maintenance and repair, Barrett, Craig R., Product bug fix/bug patch/maintenance upgrade, Intel Timna (Microprocessor)

---

Newly competitive AMD challenges Intel in corporate chip market; now that the company has expanded its overall share, it hopes to become a player in sales to business-PC makers

Article Abstract:

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), long the also-ran to Intel Corp., has now captured 17% of the PC market. Under the leadership of Jerry Sanders and after disappointing Christmas sales for PCs, AMD will face off with Intel again for a share of the corporate PC market which is dominated by Intel.

Marketing procedures, Market share, Marketing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Company marketing practices, Company market share

---

Intel unveils faster Celeron chip and cheap version of Pentium 4

Article Abstract:

Intel Corp. has introduced a faster Celeron microprocessor that runs at 800 megahertz, as well as a cheaper, somewhat slower Pentium 4 chip that runs at 1.3 gigahertz. When bought in lots of 1000, the new Celeron will cost around $170. When bought in lots of 1,000, the new Pentium 4 will sell for $409. Meanshile, rivals Transmeta Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are in a joint effort to make programs for the chips AMD is making for server computers. Transmeta will sell AMD Crusoe chips with a version that will translate code to make the chips act like AMD's forthcoming Sledgehammer products, slated for launch in 2002.

Microprocessor Chips, Microprocessor, Product introduction, CPUs (Central processing units), Microprocessors, Intel Celeron (Microprocessor)

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Microsoft to invest $600 million in Nextel; deal allows software giant to offer Web services to wireless customers
• Abstracts: Selection and training for integrated manufacturing: the moderating effects of job characteristics. Intellectual Capital Profiles: An Examination of Investments and Returns
• Abstracts: Napster, fighting for survival, to make case before appeals panel. A humbler MP3 reinvents itself after legal row

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.