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RSS powerpcCompaq alliance to spend $500m on Alpha technology
News Alpha chips - while used in high-end Tru64 Unix, Linux and OpenVMS systems from Compaq - compete against Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC processors, Motorola's PowerPC, and Intel chips, which from the end of next year will include 64bit Itanium... [13 Dec 1999]
Apple forced to drop price of G4 PowerMacs
News In a statement last Wednesday, Apple said it would have to release machines based on the Motorola's PowerPC G4 chip. Apple has been forced to backtrack on the pricing of its G4 PowerMacs following customer complaints that the original price was... [18 Oct 1999]
Apple debuts G4-powered machines
News Apple has announced a range of hardware based on the G4 PowerPC processor. The company's interim CEO, Steve Jobs, said the processor range will initially run at speeds of 400, 450 and 500MHz. Apple claims the G4 processor range has outperformed... [01 Sep 1999]
IBM and Acer form $8bn alliance
News The companies also announced a range of collaboration efforts, including system-on-a-chip implementations of IBM's PowerPC processor and development of Acer's IT infrastructure to improve business-to-business ecommerce with its key suppliers. [07 Jun 1999]
AMD chip takes top spot
News The PowerPC processor from Motorola continues to make its way into homes, courtesy of the still popular iMac and other Apple products. PCs based on AMD's K6-2 processor dominated the US retail market last month, according to the latest research... [21 May 1999]
Intel and Motorola settle staff dispute
News The Austin-based Somerset Design Center is the birthplace of the PowerPC processor. Late last week Intel and Motorola scrapped a lawsuit which accused Intel of misappropriating trade secrets by luring away 16 of its rival's key employees. [04 May 1999]
IT heavyweights trek to LinuxWorld
News IBM said it will bundle Red Hat Software's Linux with its servers and workstations, and also announced plans to port the operating system to its PowerPC chip. IBM, SAP, Netscape and Hewlett-Packard (HP) were among the companies to deliver key... [03 Mar 1999]
BBC awards £600m licence contract to Envision
News Barry Grisdale, Bull's CEO, said Envision will take 12 months to replace IBM mainframes running the existing Licence Application System (Lassy) with a system called Trace, based on Bull Escala PowerPC AIX Unix servers. [27 Oct 1998]
