Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!jarthur!petunia!news From: rteasdal@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Falconer) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Am386 release? Message-ID: <27dc4882.1b54@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 12 Mar 91 03:18:26 GMT References: <27d84e3c.3f6a@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407 Lines: 32 In article tom@ssd.csd.harris.com (Tom Horsley) writes: >> There has been a fair bit of speculation locally about the >I don't know if this constitutes a formal announcement, but there is a >giant billboard on I-95 not too far from the Boca Raton IBM plant where >PCs are (or used to be anyway) made. It says something like: "Test drive >the 1991 model Am386". > >I can't recall ever seeing a billboard advertising a CPU chip before >(although I can imagine it being more common in California than Florida). It is in fact rather common in the Bay Area (_vide_ Silicon Valley). Intel has a number of billboards plugging their product; AMD used to have a board advertising a fast CMOS EPROM up along Hwy 101 in Santa Clara (title: Rocket Chip). We spoke with a gnome at AMD Investor Relations today. The Am386 will _probably_ be formally released this month. Reading between the lines, we concluded that there may still be a legal hurdle to clear before this can be done in an aboveboard manner. Since AMD has beaten Intel every time they've challenged in court, I don't think that the intro will be delayed much longer... -- |||||| Russ Teasdale -- rteasdal@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU -- (Falconer) ||||||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Gentlemen, if we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure." - D. Quayle