Acer America's position on the Intel Pentium floating point issue.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1994--There have been varying accounts regarding the extent to which consumers may be affected by the reported issue with the Floating Point Unit on the Pentium Pentium Family of microprocessors developed by Intel Corp. Introduced in 1993 as the successor to Intel's 80486 microprocessor, the Pentium contained two processors on a single chip and about 3.3 million transistors. processor, including recent statements by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Intel that differ widely in their interpretation of the likelihood that computer users may be affected. Acer Acer trees of the family Aceraceae. Acer rubrum ingestion of wilted or dries leaves of this tree causes acute hemolytic anemia characterized by red urine, jaundice, anemia and methemoglobinemia in horses. currently still believes that the vast majority of our customers will not be affected by the issue, based on a review of the available evidence and the fact that, to date, only a very small number of Acer customers have contacted Acer about this issue. Therefore, Acer currently plans to ship products with Pentium processors because of our belief that users will indeed benefit from the performance advantages of the Pentium personal computer. For any Acer customer whose application is affected by this issue, Acer will replace their current Pentium processor in a joint effort with Intel. In addition, anyone considering purchasing an Acer system can be assured that Acer is committed to replacing the Pentium CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. should they ever experience the floating point issue during the lifetime of their system. To ensure timely communication and notification, Acer is urging all customers to complete their warranty registration as soon as possible. This will enable Acer to proactively contact each customer with updated information as the situation requires. Having built its solid reputation on delivering high-quality, reliable solutions, Acer is committed to protecting the investment and satisfaction of its customers and stands behind all of its product offerings. Acer America Corp., headquartered in San Jose, designs and manufactures a broad range of computer systems and peripherals. Offerings include AcerNote notebooks, AcerAcros and AcerPower desktops, AcerFax fax machines, AcerView monitors and the AcerAltos line of open servers. Acer America is a subsidiary of The Acer Group, a worldwide organization which recorded $1.9 billion (US) in consolidated sales in 1993. Acer's advanced, automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. are capable of producing two million PCs, color monitors See monitor. and keyboards each year. -0- Note to Editors: Acer is a registered trademark and AcerAcros, AcerPower, AcerAltos, AcerView and AcerFax are trademarks of The Acer Group. All other products, brand names or companies are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Acer America, San Jose
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