[comp.sys.transputer] Intel Corp. Set To Unveil Faster Chip

DowJones@andrew.cmu.edu (09/12/89)

   
    SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel Corp., the big microprocessor-chip maker,
will unveil today a significantly faster chip that can relay as many
as 66 million instructions per second and perform dual tasks at the same
time.    
    The 32-bit chip, expected to sell for $300, represents a breakthough
for the industry and in particular for the Santa Clara, Calif., company,
which invented the microprocessor.    
    The new i960CA chip is expected to have a big impact on a variety
of systems, laser printers, telephone-switching systems and robot controllers.
   
    The company declined to discuss the specifics of its new chip, which
will be unveiled at a news conference. It is the first commercial chip
to use the so-called super-scalar design technology, which enables a
chip to carry out dual instructions at once.