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AMD Intel
1969 1969
● AMD's Co-Founder Jerry Sanders Birth of the Intel logo with the dropped "e"
got name AMDs first CEO and 1969
president.
● AMD established headquarters in ● Intel's first product--the
Sunnyvale, California with 3101--random access
$100,000. memory(RAM)
1971
1970
● Intel's first microprocessor
● AMD introduces it's first ● It ran at a blazing 108kHz at the
proprietary unit; the Am2501 logic time
counter. ● It can take the job of a computer
the size of a room.
1975
1972
The Intel 8080 was used in one of the first
● AMD becomes a public company.
personal computers in the world--The
1979
Altair 8080.
● AMD appears and debuts on the
NY stock exchange. 1976
● AMD begins producing in an ● Intel were the first to bring
Austin manufacturing facility. microcontrollers(The 8748 and
1982 8048) in the world
● IMD gets AMD to sign a contract 1978
to agree to be a a second. source ● Employees at Intel celebrate
next to intel for IBM PC intel's 10th anniversary.
processors. ● Intel introduced their Intel 8086- a
1984 16 bit microprocessor that ran at
10MHz, and also brought 23,000
● AMD is one of the '100 best more transistors compared to the
companies to work for in America. 8080.
1985 1980
● For the first time AMD is listed in Intel's 8051 and 8751 Microcontrollers
the fortune 500.
● AMD invests in ATI. became best sellers of the world.
● ATI's first graphic controllers and 1981
graphics board prodcuts are IBM uses 8088 to power their IBM PC.
develpoed.
1986 1982
The 8096 was Intel's first 16-bit
● ATI grabs a major contract with
the company Commodore microcontroller that entered the computer
Business Machines; this major market.
contact contains supplying rights
for ATI to supply 7000 chips per 1982
week. ● Intel launches the Intel
1987
286(80286)--a high performance
● AMD obtains Monolithic microprocessor--that included
Memories, INC. It also enters
programmable logic B. 134,000 transistors.
● ATI shows off EGA Wonder and ● Could run up to 12 MHz
VGA Wonder. These were
graphics for IBM PC's. 1983
1988 Intel successfully surpass a 1 billion dollar
● AMD starts to work on SDC. annual revenue.
Submicron Development Center. 1985
This is a reserach center for
AMD. ● Intel releases the Intel 386--a
1989 32-bit microprocessor carrying
over 285k of transistors.
● ATI helps in the establishment of ● It was able to run up to 33 MHz
the graphics standard VESA. 1989
1991
● The Intel 860 is the first processor
● The family Am486 debuts. These from Intel to pack 1 million
microrocessors are much better transistors.
than the older versions. ● The Intel 860 is designed for
● Mach8 chip and board products super applications/super
are released by ATI. computing
1992 1992
● Mach32 is introduced by ATI. ● Intel 486 brought miner
This is the first integrated improvments.
graphics controller and ● It could run at 33Mhz.
accelerator in one chip. ● Packed over 1.2 million
1993 transistors.
1993
● AMD Am486 mincroprocessor
hits the shelves. ● This year was important for Intel's
● AMD establishes joint venture survival.
with a company called Fujitsu to ● Intel announces the Intel Pentium
make Flash memories. line up
● ATI goes public. ● Compared to previous Intel
1994 processors, the Pentium is over
five times more powerful
● AMD and Compaq Computer compared to the i486 and 300
Corp. come together to create times faster than the 8800.
computers with AMD's ● The Pentium could run at 66 MHz
microprocessors. and packed 3.1 million
● ATI creates Mach64. The first ATI transistors.
graphics board to accel in motion
video.
1995 1994