1996
Unix Time	820454400 - 852076799
Years
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1995 1997

In 1996:

• January 25: P-Rating system specification were finalized.

• February 5: AMD, IBM, SGS-Thomson, and Cyrix announced the P-Rating system.

• March 27: AMD launches their first few K5-based models.

• October 21: Exponential Technology announced the X704, fastest PowerPC chip operating at 533 MHz.
• October 21: AMD announced they will be buying NexGen for about $857 million in stock