the Day in Tech History

1999 - AMD releases the AMD K6-III Processor in speeds of 400 and 450 MHz. It would feature a 64KB Level 1 cache and a 256KB Level 2 cache. The 3DNow! graphics instructions would be supported, along with Direct X 6.0. There were 21.3 million transistors on the 0.25 micron process wafer...

1998 - Radio Shack said in an interesting move that they partnered with Compaq over IBM in PC sales throughout their 7,000 stores. By May, the Presario 2246 would hit shelves. It is a 233 MHz AMD-K-6 that sold for $999. The Presario 4555 would cost consumers $1399 and the high end Pentium II - 300 w...

1998 - We know this as a time where Apple had reeled in all it's clones and became a proprietary company. However, there was one clone to the G3 Mac. Umax had won this contract due to the face that Apple penetration to certain markets was not there and UMax was. Therefore, Apple awarded a clone co...

In 2001, Intel launched the Terahertz transistor - a restructure of the current transistor. Also, Microsoft registers the name in New Mexico...

1977 - Most of the time, we skip over movie releases, unless it has had a definite impact on the Tech and geek community. That is the case with this movie. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, and Teri Garr was released to 272 US theaters...

Steve Jobs debuts the $6500 NeXT computer in 1988...

Michael Dell responds to the issues at Apple in 1997 with a historic statement...

Advanced Micro Devices outlines its own x86 64-bit architecture, as well as Lightning Data Transport - Its future system bus...

In 1979, HP introduces the HP-41C, the first programmable calculator with 4 expansion slots...

Day in Technology History for August 25th - Linus torvolds starts the discussion that would eventually become Linux...