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Harvard students who still watch television have no doubt seen the newest commercials from this chip-manufacturing giant. MMX technology is promised to "makes your multimedia dance," by the announcer in Intel's SuperBowl spot, as people in biohazard-looking suits gyrate in what I suppose were the innards of a computer somewhere...
...originally stood for multimedia extensions because it will improve the performance of a PC's multimedia applications. Intel is releasing MMX-equipped processors at 166Mhz, 200Mhz and 233Mhz for both desktops and notebook computers. Specifically designed for the Pentium, this chip add-on will boost the performance speeds of your computer by up to 60 percent, according to Intel...
...effects will be noticed heavily in sound, graphics and video-intensive applications. Because of the chip's increased instruction-set capacity, video and 3D surround sound will be noticeably smoother. This is good news for all you Quake junkies and graphic artists...
Cyrix's latest chip release is the M2. It will be MMX-compatible and offers consumers a lower-priced, alternative to Intel. In addition, AMD will be releasing its MMX-compatible K6 chip in the coming months...
Hardly anyone comes out of $20 Million with his or her integrity intact--not even the pretty San Jose Mercury-News reporter who wants men to find her beautiful and brainy, but who can't seem to master the complexities of computer-chip design well enough to write about them. I wonder if Bronson was thinking of...Nah. Couldn...