1997 CPU Announcement Archives

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Microprocessor Forum, Oct 1997

  • ARM9 Announced. Oct 16, 1997
  • MXi Announced. Oct 15, 1997 (more info)
  • MicroJava Announced. Oct 15, 1997
  • AMD's 1998 Roadmap. Oct 14, 1997
  • Power3 Announcement. Oct 14, 1997 (More recent info 10/5/98)
  • C6+ Announcement. Oct 14, 1997
  • UltraSparc III Announcement. Oct 6, 1997

    General

  • ISSCC 98 Preview, Nov 1997
  • ISSCC 97 Preview, Jan 1997

    Pre-Silicon

  • Ross/Fujitsu announce 64-bit Viper. June 25, 1997
  • Centaur announces Pent-class chip. May 19, 1997 (PC Tech Forum Slides)
  • R12k Announcement & Mips RoadMap. May 12, 1997
  • PA8500 Announcement. Mar 12, 1997

    Post-Silicon

  • 700 MHz 21264. Nov 3, 1997
  • 200 MHz RM5270. Sep 29, 1997
  • 233 MHz MMX Pentium (0.25um). Sep 8, 1997
  • 266 MHz PPC 750/740. Aug 4, 1997
  • 350 MHz PPC 604e. Aug 4, 1997
  • 180 MHz MediaGX. Jun 30, 1997
  • 150 MHz MediaGX. Jun 6, 1997
  • 200 MHz C6. Jun 4, 1997 (Now available)
  • 233 MHz MMX Pentium. Jun 2, 1997
  • 188 MHz 6x86MX. May 30, 1997 (IBM P.R.)
  • 250 MHz PPC 604e. May 27, 1997
  • 266 MHz Pentium II. May 7, 1997 (Pentium II FP Bug?)
  • 300MHz UltraSparcII. Apr 29, 1997
  • 233 MHz PPC 604e. Apr 14, 1997
  • 300 MHz PPC 603e. Apr 4, 1997
  • 233 MHz K6. Apr 2, 1997
  • 600 MHz 21164a. Mar 31, 1997
  • 133 MHz RM52xx. Mar 24, 1997
  • 533 MHz 21164PC. Mar 17, 1997
  • 133 MHz MediaGX. Feb 20, 1997
  • 400 MHz Klamath. Feb 7, 1997 (liquid cooled part)
  • 250MHz UltraSparcII. Jan 22, 1997
  • 117 MHz K5. Jan 13, 1997
  • 200 MHz MMX Pentium. Jan 8, 1997

    Embedded

  • 200 MHz StrongArm 1100. Sep 2, 1997
  • 80 MHz SH7709. Jun 30, 1997
  • 66 MHz PPC 403GCX. Mar 16, 1997

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