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AMD Enters the Market as a Second Source Provider
1976
* AMD and Intel sign their first comprehensive cross-license agreement, where AMD and Intel both agree to license to each other all patents each company holds.
1982
* IBM selects an Intel microprocessor for its PC but only on the condition that there is a reliable second source supplier for its PC processor needs. As a result, AMD renews a comprehensive cross-license agreement with Intel and becomes IBM's second-source manufacturer of the 8086 and 8088 microprocessors.
1987
* Intel notifies AMD it is terminating the second source agreement, an aggressive move to prevent AMD from producing a 486-compatible microprocessor. This begins years of legal disputes between AMD and Intel, and limits customer choice to a single source for PC microprocessors for the next several years.
1990
* In late 1990, AMD releases the Am386 ® microprocessor family, based on Intel's 80386. Sales of the Am386 are strong due to its exceptional performance.
1991
* In October 1991, Intel commenced a federal court action for copyright infringement. An arbitrator subsequently awarded AMD full rights to make and sell the Am386. The Supreme Court of California upheld this decision in 1994.
1993
* The Am486 ® microprocessor is introduced; it powers Compaq computers and thousands of other manufacturers' PCs.
1994
* Intel and HP announce the development of a proprietary 64-bit microprocessor architecture (code-named “Merced†and eventually launched as “Itaniumâ€), based on an entirely new instruction set called “IA-64,†which is incompatible with the millions of existing x86-based PCs and software applications.
* Albert Yu, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Microprocessor Products Group, declares, “If I were competitors, I'd be really worried. If you think you have a future, you don't.
AMD Challenges Intel
1995
* AMD introduces the AMD-K5 ® microprocessor, its first independently designed, socket-compatible x86 microprocessor.
1997
* AMD introduces the successful AMD-K6 ® microprocessor, a pin-compatible alternative to Intel's Pentium™ microprocessor . Its introduction heralds the return of competition and helps drive PC costs down below $1,000 to create PCs that are affordable for the average consumer.
1998
* AMD substantially advances the PC platform with the launch of the AMD-K6-2 microprocessor, featuring 3DNow!™ technology. Invented by AMD, 3DNow! technology was the first x86 innovation to significantly enhance 3D graphics, multimedia, and other floating-point-intensive applications for Microsoft ® Windows ®-compatible PCs.
* Intel announces that Merced (Itanium) is delayed. Itanium does not ship for another three years.
AMD Leads Innovation
1999
* AMD makes a clean break from creating Intel-compatible chips with the introduction of the world's fastest x86 microprocessor, the AMD Athlonâ„¢. AMD Athlon processors were designed specifically from the ground up to run Microsoft Windows exceptionally well. AMD Athlon processors offer several innovations that set them apart from competing Intel products and represent the first time that AMD beat Intel to market with a new generation of x86 microprocessor for Microsoft Windows-based computers.
* Jerry Sanders, AMD's chairman and CEO, states, “ For the first time in the history of the computer industry, AMD leads the competition in delivering an entirely new generation of processors that offers higher performance and processing capabilities based on a more advanced architectural design. This announcement is truly a watershed for the entire industry because it heralds new choices based on superior processor technology.â€
* AMD previews the world's first 64-bit x86 multi-core architecture at the Microprocessor Forum.
2000
* AMD is first to break the historic 1GHz (one billion clock cycles per second) barrier with the AMD Athlon processor.
* AMD introduced PowerNow!â„¢ technology, which allowed PC manufacturers to deliver cooler, quieter running notebook systems with extended system battery life.
* Despite Intel's efforts to exercise its market power to compel the computer industry to adopt the costly Rambus DRAM (or "RDRAM") as a new memory standard, AMD works with numerous PC OEMs and chipset vendors to help establish SDRAM as the standard PC memory type. SDRAM and its later generations are developed by an open standards setting body and feature lower costs and higher yields.
* AMD announces the world's first PC platform supporting Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, which increased peak data throughput to the processor by up to 100% at comparable costs. This enabled manufacturers to boost PC performance tremendously without sacrificing their bottom line.
2001
* AMD drives the development and widespread adoption of its HyperTransportâ„¢ technology, which allows computers to run faster and more efficiently. HyperTransport adopters include Sun Microsystems, Agilent, Apple Computer, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, IBM, nVidia and Texas Instruments.
* With the launch of the AMD Athlon XP microprocessor, AMD introduces processor model numbers that help consumers better understand overall PC application performance (Megahertz (MHz) is no longer valid as an accurate measure of PC performance due to the vastly different architectures, technologies and applications).
* AMD Athlon XP microprocessor features QuantiSpeedâ„¢ architecture, a design created to help ensure superior application performance.
* Intel's proprietary 64-bit Itanium microprocessor launches three years late and at a cost of nearly $2 billion. The technology is regarded as expensive, incompatible with x86-based hardware and software, and is generally rejected by the marketplace. The industry nicknames Itanium “The Itanic.â€
2002
* AMD's Athlon XP family debuts Cool‘n'Quiet™technology, an on-chip power management solution for compact desktop PCs. Cool'n'Quiet effectively lowers the power consumption and enables a quieter-running system while delivering performance on demand to help maximize the computing experience.
1976
* AMD and Intel sign their first comprehensive cross-license agreement, where AMD and Intel both agree to license to each other all patents each company holds.
1982
* IBM selects an Intel microprocessor for its PC but only on the condition that there is a reliable second source supplier for its PC processor needs. As a result, AMD renews a comprehensive cross-license agreement with Intel and becomes IBM's second-source manufacturer of the 8086 and 8088 microprocessors.
1987
* Intel notifies AMD it is terminating the second source agreement, an aggressive move to prevent AMD from producing a 486-compatible microprocessor. This begins years of legal disputes between AMD and Intel, and limits customer choice to a single source for PC microprocessors for the next several years.
1990
* In late 1990, AMD releases the Am386 ® microprocessor family, based on Intel's 80386. Sales of the Am386 are strong due to its exceptional performance.
1991
* In October 1991, Intel commenced a federal court action for copyright infringement. An arbitrator subsequently awarded AMD full rights to make and sell the Am386. The Supreme Court of California upheld this decision in 1994.
1993
* The Am486 ® microprocessor is introduced; it powers Compaq computers and thousands of other manufacturers' PCs.
1994
* Intel and HP announce the development of a proprietary 64-bit microprocessor architecture (code-named “Merced†and eventually launched as “Itaniumâ€), based on an entirely new instruction set called “IA-64,†which is incompatible with the millions of existing x86-based PCs and software applications.
* Albert Yu, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Microprocessor Products Group, declares, “If I were competitors, I'd be really worried. If you think you have a future, you don't.
AMD Challenges Intel
1995
* AMD introduces the AMD-K5 ® microprocessor, its first independently designed, socket-compatible x86 microprocessor.
1997
* AMD introduces the successful AMD-K6 ® microprocessor, a pin-compatible alternative to Intel's Pentium™ microprocessor . Its introduction heralds the return of competition and helps drive PC costs down below $1,000 to create PCs that are affordable for the average consumer.
1998
* AMD substantially advances the PC platform with the launch of the AMD-K6-2 microprocessor, featuring 3DNow!™ technology. Invented by AMD, 3DNow! technology was the first x86 innovation to significantly enhance 3D graphics, multimedia, and other floating-point-intensive applications for Microsoft ® Windows ®-compatible PCs.
* Intel announces that Merced (Itanium) is delayed. Itanium does not ship for another three years.
AMD Leads Innovation
1999
* AMD makes a clean break from creating Intel-compatible chips with the introduction of the world's fastest x86 microprocessor, the AMD Athlonâ„¢. AMD Athlon processors were designed specifically from the ground up to run Microsoft Windows exceptionally well. AMD Athlon processors offer several innovations that set them apart from competing Intel products and represent the first time that AMD beat Intel to market with a new generation of x86 microprocessor for Microsoft Windows-based computers.
* Jerry Sanders, AMD's chairman and CEO, states, “ For the first time in the history of the computer industry, AMD leads the competition in delivering an entirely new generation of processors that offers higher performance and processing capabilities based on a more advanced architectural design. This announcement is truly a watershed for the entire industry because it heralds new choices based on superior processor technology.â€
* AMD previews the world's first 64-bit x86 multi-core architecture at the Microprocessor Forum.
2000
* AMD is first to break the historic 1GHz (one billion clock cycles per second) barrier with the AMD Athlon processor.
* AMD introduced PowerNow!â„¢ technology, which allowed PC manufacturers to deliver cooler, quieter running notebook systems with extended system battery life.
* Despite Intel's efforts to exercise its market power to compel the computer industry to adopt the costly Rambus DRAM (or "RDRAM") as a new memory standard, AMD works with numerous PC OEMs and chipset vendors to help establish SDRAM as the standard PC memory type. SDRAM and its later generations are developed by an open standards setting body and feature lower costs and higher yields.
* AMD announces the world's first PC platform supporting Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, which increased peak data throughput to the processor by up to 100% at comparable costs. This enabled manufacturers to boost PC performance tremendously without sacrificing their bottom line.
2001
* AMD drives the development and widespread adoption of its HyperTransportâ„¢ technology, which allows computers to run faster and more efficiently. HyperTransport adopters include Sun Microsystems, Agilent, Apple Computer, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, IBM, nVidia and Texas Instruments.
* With the launch of the AMD Athlon XP microprocessor, AMD introduces processor model numbers that help consumers better understand overall PC application performance (Megahertz (MHz) is no longer valid as an accurate measure of PC performance due to the vastly different architectures, technologies and applications).
* AMD Athlon XP microprocessor features QuantiSpeedâ„¢ architecture, a design created to help ensure superior application performance.
* Intel's proprietary 64-bit Itanium microprocessor launches three years late and at a cost of nearly $2 billion. The technology is regarded as expensive, incompatible with x86-based hardware and software, and is generally rejected by the marketplace. The industry nicknames Itanium “The Itanic.â€
2002
* AMD's Athlon XP family debuts Cool‘n'Quiet™technology, an on-chip power management solution for compact desktop PCs. Cool'n'Quiet effectively lowers the power consumption and enables a quieter-running system while delivering performance on demand to help maximize the computing experience.