The standard was raised six times during the Clinton administration, the last of which raised the tier-three requirement to 85, 000 MTOPS, about the level of a networked system with 32 Intel Pentium III chips.

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In the wake of Intel's Pentium III launch, a slew of product announcements and upgrades have ensued, upping the ante on the desktop question of whether to buy now or wait for the maximum-performance chip set.

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Then came Intel's new Pentium III-733 chip.

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If fast enough memory can be had, the EV6 bus will give the K7 a big edge over the Pentium III -- Intel's current top bus speed is 100 MHz.

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While the clock speeds don't match those of Intel's fastest chips, the Apple executive claimed his new processors beat the pants off of a 600MHz Pentium III running most applications -- an assertion that Intel will likely refute.

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Both feature a mobile Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people) Pentium III processor that clocks in at a hot 1.2 gigahertz--powerful enough to run the most graphics-intensive games or business presentations.

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There's an Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Pentium III processor and a hard drive, and the game controllers connect to the unit via the Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology that's typical of most PCs.

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Two published reports assert that Compaq found no significant advantage from the Crusoe, compared with Intel 's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people) new low-power Pentium III chip.

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