From WikiChip
Difference between revisions of "1998"

 
(6 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
{{year|year=1998}}
 
In '''1998''':
 
In '''1998''':
  
 +
* January 26: Compaq announced it will acquire [[DEC]] for $9.6 billion
 +
* January 30: [[Intel]] announced the acquisition of [[Chips & Technologies]] which became part of their Graphics Component Division
  
 
* April 2: Intel introduces the {{intel|Mobile Pentium II}}
 
* April 2: Intel introduces the {{intel|Mobile Pentium II}}
  
 
* May 28: AMD introduces the {{amd|K6-2}} family implementing {{x86|3DNow}} [[SIMD]] extension
 
* May 28: AMD introduces the {{amd|K6-2}} family implementing {{x86|3DNow}} [[SIMD]] extension
 +
 +
* July 7: [[Qualcomm]] announced they've acquired license for [[ARM Holdings]]'  {{armh|ARM7TDMI}} core to be used in their {{qualcomm|MSM3000}} family of SoC

Latest revision as of 09:20, 28 January 2018

1998
Unix Time883612800 - 915148799
Years

In 1998:

  • January 26: Compaq announced it will acquire DEC for $9.6 billion
  • January 30: Intel announced the acquisition of Chips & Technologies which became part of their Graphics Component Division
  • May 28: AMD introduces the K6-2 family implementing 3DNow SIMD extension