CPUs - an overview

Yes, those were dull times, But recently, the CPU mar ket ca me olive. At long last, Intel was faced with small but serious competitors: AMD, Cyrix and IBM, And that s not the end of it, because a new competitor looks set to introduce Pentium-compatible CPUs which, reportedly, are dirt cheap, The new daredevil, IDT,has succeeded in making a hushed appearance in the CPU arena, In this article we examine the advantages and disadvantages of individual CPUs,as well as their best area of application.