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| − | Exponential Technology was founded in June of 1993 with the goal of designing a high performance [[PowerPC]] [[microprocessor]]. Exponential Technology received substantial funding from [[apple|Apple Inc]]. In April 1994 under the directive of [[wikipedia:Michael Spindler|Michael Spindler]] they signed a product development agreement. Exponential announced their first microprocessor, the {{\|X704}} in October of [[1996]] at the 7th Microprocessor Forum. Initial models ran at a lower 400 MHz which was still almost twice as fast as the competition. Exponential Technology was never successful in reaching mass market, | + | Exponential Technology was founded in June of 1993 with the goal of designing a high performance [[PowerPC]] [[microprocessor]]. Exponential Technology received substantial funding from [[apple|Apple Inc]]. In April 1994 under the directive of [[wikipedia:Michael Spindler|Michael Spindler]] they signed a product development agreement. Exponential announced their first microprocessor, the {{\|X704}} in October of [[1996]] at the 7th Microprocessor Forum. Initial models ran at a lower 400 MHz which was still almost twice as fast as the competition. Exponential Technology was never successful in reaching mass market, to some degree because Apple itself which didn't want the performant chip from reaching customers of clone machines but also due to their slow introduction to market which took almost 18 months, eliminating most of the performance advantage the chip had. |
== Chips == | == Chips == | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 29 June 2016
| Exponential Technology | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | June, 1993 |
| Founder | George Taylor Jim Blomgren |
| Fate | Ceased operations |
| Defunct | May 15, 1997 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, CA |
Exponential Technology, Inc., formally Renaissance Microsystems, Inc., was an American fabless semiconductor company. The company focused on designing ultra-fast PowerPC-compatible microprocessors.
Overview
Exponential Technology was founded in June of 1993 with the goal of designing a high performance PowerPC microprocessor. Exponential Technology received substantial funding from Apple Inc. In April 1994 under the directive of Michael Spindler they signed a product development agreement. Exponential announced their first microprocessor, the X704 in October of 1996 at the 7th Microprocessor Forum. Initial models ran at a lower 400 MHz which was still almost twice as fast as the competition. Exponential Technology was never successful in reaching mass market, to some degree because Apple itself which didn't want the performant chip from reaching customers of clone machines but also due to their slow introduction to market which took almost 18 months, eliminating most of the performance advantage the chip had.
Chips
See also
| company type | private + |
| defunct | May 15, 1997 + |
| fate | Ceased operations + |
| founded | June 1993 + |
| founder | George Taylor + and Jim Blomgren + |
| full page name | exponential technology + |
| headquarters | San Jose, CA + |
| instance of | semiconductor company + |
| name | Exponential Technology + |