ZDNet

Five years ago: Intel 's MMX is finally out

The chip giant unveiled what it officially calls the Pentium Processor with MMX Technology in 166MHz and 200MHz versions for desktop PCs, and 150MHz and 166MHz flavours for portables. Desktop systems ...
ZDNet

Five years ago: Rivals say AMD/Intel MMX war will go on

While AMD took its battle to the courts, Cyrix did a deal with Intel which allowed it to use the MMX term with proper attribution. "What it comes down to is ensuring that we and our customers can use ...
Design-Reuse

Intel distances itself from ARM with Wireless MMX

SAN JOSE -- Intel Corp.'s move this week to deploy new, multimedia instructions in its RISC chip architecture is being seen as its latest effort to distance itself from its processor partner, UK-based ...
EDN

Intel launches Wireless MMX for XScale

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Intel has announced an addition to its XScale processor architecture in the form of Wireless MMX technology, a set of multimedia instructions taken in large part from the Intel ...
Design-Reuse

Virtio's Virtual Platform Family Now Supports Intel® Wireless MMX Technology for Intel® XScale Microarchitecture

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN JOSE, Calif., September 10, 2002---Virtio Corporation, the creator of virtual platforms, today announced that it has expanded its Virtual Platform family with the ...
Computing

Cyrix yields to Intel on MMX name but AMD hangs tough

Intel's legal bid to prevent major competitor AMD from selling its own MMX chip has failed in the US. But Cyrix has capitulated to Intel's legal demands, admitting that the three letters - MMX - ...
Computing

PC vendors rebuke Intel for delay to MMX chip shipment

Intel is facing harsh criticism from PC vendors for failing to deliver its MMX multimedia processor chip before the Christmas sales rush. Intel introduced the chip yesterday with 16 major OEMs, ...
CRN

Pentium Chips: The MMX Files

Paul Bray uncovers the spooky mystery of the Pentium MMX ? the chip that looks like a Pentium Pro but runs faster, costs little extra and suits multimedia applications and games down to the ground It ...
Newsweek

A New Chip Off The Block

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Ars Technica

Intel’s next GPU to be Pentium MMX-based?

Last night, I was sitting around thinking about Intel's forthcoming discrete GPU, codenamed "Larrabee." Specifically, I was thinking about how Larrabee will have lots of simple, in-order cores with a ...
Orlando Sentinel

INTEL SUES RIVALS OVER MMX

Intel Corp., the world’s biggest maker of microprocessor chips, on Friday sued archrivals Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Cyrix Corp. to stop them from using the term “MMX” to pitch their own chips.