Intel Corp. Set To Unveil Faster Chip

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Author: DowJones
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1989 15:38

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    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.

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