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Discusses the competition in personal computer microprocessor market in the United States. Impact of the performance of Intel Corp. to the financial status of other companies; Details on the acquisition of companies by Intel in 1999.

Focuses on the competition between Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Intel Corp., microprocessor companies based in the United States. Market demand for microprocessors and flash memory; Revenues of AMD; Earnings of Intel.

Discusses the outlook for the personal computer (PC) market in the United States in 1999. Expected drop in PC prices; Rise in microprocessor speed; Competition among IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other major PC makers to corner consumers who are struggling to reduce the total cost of ownership; Peripheral connection technologies that are expected to be launched; Intel's transition to Rambus technology.

The article reports on the plan of Intel to expand its microprocessor products beyond its traditional markets, pushing into verticals such as financial services and high-end graphics, as well as global wireless communication via WiMax. The efforts put Intel into some new competitive arenas. It will be competing head-to-head with Sun Microsystems and IBM, for example, in the financial arena, according to the author.

The article reports on the official larger-scale launch of the Xeon 7300 series quad-core microprocessors by Intel Corp. The launch comes less than a week before Intel's rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is believed to be unveiling its first quad-core processor offering, codenamed Barcelona. The six Xeon 7300 series processors purportedly deliver more than twice the performance and more than three times the performance per watt over the company's previous generation dual-core products.

The article reports on antitrust charges filed against Sunnyvale, California-based chipmaker Intel Corp. by the European Commission (EC). The EC has accused the company of abusing its dominant position in the global microprocessor market. The commission claimed that the chipmaker aimed to exclude its main rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), from the x86 computer processing units (CPU) market. According to Bruce Sewell, senior VP and general counsel of Intel, the conduct of the firm has been lawful, pro-competitive and beneficial to consumers.

The article reports on the increase in the share of Advanced Micro Devices in the worldwide x86 microprocessor unit market in the fourth quarter of 2006. The company gained 25.3 percent increase in market share during the period, an 8 percent growth over its third quarter share. It also gained 2.5 percent unit market share in both desktop and mobile microprocessor segments. Its rival Intel Corp. gained 1.4 percent in server share in the quarter despite introducing new dual-core server processors during the second quarter.

The article announces the market release of the first quad core processors manufactured by Intel Corp. The processors include Quad-Core Xeon 5300 for business and Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core for gamers. The company said that its quad-core Intel Xeon Processor 5300 series provides more headroom for server virtualization. The company plans to offer the quad-core processors in the first quarter of 2007.

The article reports on the release of eight Dual-Core Intel Xeon 7100 series processors by Intel Corp. designed for multiprocessor servers in a move to gain more market share and combat its rival Advanced Micro Devices' growing presence in the market. The new Intel processor goes straight for an area where AMD has enjoyed market strength, quad-socket servers.

This article reports on the launch of Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor 7000, the first dual-core, hyper-threaded processors developed by Intel Corp. for servers with four or more processors, as of November 2005. The processors deliver what the company says are record levels of performance and are aimed at multi-threaded applications such as software for databases, supply chain management and financial services.

Discusses the move of Intel Corp. to solicit industry support for its Itanium microprocessor as a result of the release of Xeon microprocessor with 64-bit extensions. Performance of Itanium; Original equipment makers that continue to support Intel's Itanium product line; Plan of Intel for Itanium.

Reports on the struggle of Transmeta Corp. to achieve profitability before financial losses in 2002. Reaction of Intel Corp. to Transmeta's ultra-low power microprocessors; Description of Intel's Banias microprocessor for notebook computers; Factor that affects the revenues of Transmeta.

Reports on the revenues of the Santa Clara, California-based microprocessor firm Intel Corp. in the third quarter of 2001. What resulted in the increases in microprocessor orders over the second quarter; Intel's gross margin; Net loss from equity investments Intel is expecting.

Presents information on the computer industry in the United States. Capabilities of the K6-2 microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) company; Information on the computer manufacturers using AMD-based systems; Details on the Celeron and Pentium microprocessors from Intel Corp.

Evaluates the expansion strategy of Intel Corp. Companies connected with Intel; Agreements signed by the company; Business status of the personal computer microprocessor market.