Compaq Delivers Unmatched Memory Capacity in Professional Workstation 6000.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1998-- Intel 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. (r) II with Extended Tag RAM A specialized bank of static RAM used to hold addresses. When a stored address matches an input address, a signal is output to perform a function. It is used with hardware devices such as CPU caches to keep track of which memory addresses are stored in the cache. Added to Product Line Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) today announced the company is shipping models of the Professional Workstation 6000 with Intel's Pentium II The successor to the Pentium Pro from Intel. Pentium II refers to the CPU chip or the PC that uses it. Code named "Klamath," the Pentium II was a Pentium Pro with MMX multimedia instructions. processor with extended Tag RAM, enabling the workstation to support up to 3 GB of system memory, the most available in any Windows NT-based workstation on the market. This capability - coupled with Compaq's innovative Highly Parallel System Architecture - enables technical and creative professionals to work interactively on extremely large models and assemblies without the performance lag caused in other Windows NT-based workstations. These new models will also deliver the added performance of 10,000 rpm 4 GB hard drives. For more details on the Compaq Professional Workstation 6000, please visit Compaq's Web site at: http://www.compaq.com/products/workstations/pw6000/index.html Company Background: Founded in 1982, Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, is a global information technology company. Compaq is the fifth largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of personal computers. For more corporate information, see: http://www.compaq.com/. -0- Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Compaq Computer Corporation Gary Frazier 281-514-0484 gary.frazier@compaq.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Sue Vaillancourt 617-536-0470 svaillancourt@miller.shandwick.com |
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