TECHNOLOGY - April 12, 1995
<i> Times Staff and Wire Reports</i>
AMD to Delay Pentium-Class Microprocessor: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said it will delay the chip to make sure it works properly. AMD had expected to deliver the K5 chip, which is intended to compete with Intel Corp.’s Pentium, in the second half of the year. But the company told analysts late Monday that it now expects volume shipments to start in early 1996. There are no specific problems delaying the chip’s introduction, said AMD spokesman John Greenagel. But because of the increasingly complex production process, it is taking several months longer than originally thought to ensure that the chips are as bug-free as possible, he said.
