AMD develops a fast K6 for portables, and a low-cost upstart chip from Rise promises to shake up the notebook market. At the same time, Compaq, IBM, and Sybase announce new portable hardware and software lines.
Faster AMD chip for notebooks
AMD matches Intel's top-speed portable chip--at
a much lower price--which should advance the
slow but steady march toward low-priced
notebooks.
Intel cloner vows $800 notebooks
Rise Technology, an upstart chip company down
the street from Intel, will jump into the notebook
PC market later this year.
IBM touts new, high-clarity LCDs
Big Blue says copper is the reason that the screen
on the new ThinkPad 770 offers better image
resolution without increasing power consumption.
Compaq targets school market
The company is making its move for the fall selling
season with the rollout of several new additions to
the Presario lineup of notebooks and computers.
Sybase forms unit for handhelds
The new division will focus on market opportunities and pursue endeavors such as embedding databases in handheld devices.
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