Turmoil in CPU-Land
R. Krause - September 18, 2000

Event Summary

August 29, 2000 - Intel Corp. will recall its 1.13GHz Pentium III chip. Intel officials said the company is recalling the chip due to a problem that could cause certain applications to freeze. 'We found some marginality in the part within certain temperatures within the operating range and certain code sequences (in applications),' said spokesman George Alfs. 'We're not happy with the chip and we're going to pull it back.' Only some of the 1.13GHz chips showed the problem, according to the chipmaker. However, the company will recall all 1.13MHz Pentium III processors that have shipped to date. Presently, IBM has shipped the chip, but no other US PC manufacturers have. Dell Computer was alerted to the problem before any of their systems were shipped to customers. August 30, 2000 [Source: AMD press release]-- AMD announced today that Larry Hollatz, group vice president of the company's Computation Products Group, has resigned to pursue other interests. Effective immediately, Hector de J. Ruiz, AMD president and chief operating officer, will serve as acting group vice president for the business unit which produces PC processors. Market Impact..