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.