In 2000:

• April 18: AMD announces K6-2+ and K6-III+ mobile processors
• April 27: AMD announces "Duron" as the name for their upcoming ultra-cheap processor line

• June 19: AMD launches the Duron family

• September 25: AMD announces K6-IIIE+ (embedded) K6-III+ processors

• October 3: IBM introduces the z/Architecture ISA, a 64-bit extension to ESA/390
• October 3: IBM introduces the zSeries 900 mainframes