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+ | * March 20: [[Qualcomm]] announces the {{qualcomm|MSM6xxx}} family of system on chips with [[2G]] and [[3G]] support | ||
* May 14: AMD announces the {{amd|Athlon 4}} family of high-performance mobile microprocessors | * May 14: AMD announces the {{amd|Athlon 4}} family of high-performance mobile microprocessors | ||
* June 4-8: [[Computex]] Taipei 2001 tradeshow | * June 4-8: [[Computex]] Taipei 2001 tradeshow |
Revision as of 16:33, 21 November 2016
In 2001:
- March 20: Qualcomm announces the MSM6xxx family of system on chips with 2G and 3G support
- May 14: AMD announces the Athlon 4 family of high-performance mobile microprocessors
- June 4-8: Computex Taipei 2001 tradeshow
- October 9: AMD announces the Athlon XP family of high-performance processors, a successor to Athlon
- October 15: Microprocessor Forum at San Jose, CA
- AMD discloses their upcoming microarchitecture K8 "Hammer".
- December 3: AMD announced the world's fastest CMOS transistor at the time, a prototype CMOS transistor with a 15-nanometer gate length and an 0.8 operating voltage with a switching speed of 300 fs (0.3 ps).
- Unknown: Rapport was founded, a fabless semiconductor company that focused massively parallel chips.