KIMBERLY ROSE T. DAGUMAN

TIMELINE: HOW AMD CHANGED OVER THE PAST 39 YEARS

1969: Advanced Micro Devices on May 1, 1969

1970: AMD introduces the Am2501 logic counter, its first proprietary device.

1972: AMD goes public.

1975: AMD enters the RAM chip business, reverse-engineers the Intel 8080 microprocessor

1979: AMD joins the New York Stock Exchange

1982: AMD becomes an Intel-licensed second-source microprocessor supplier of 8086 and 8088 chips for IBM.

1985: ATI (later acquired by AMD) develops its first graphics controller and first graphics board product.

1986: Intel cancels its license agreement with AMD and refuses to divulge technical details of the i386.

1987: AMD acquires Monolithic Memories and enters the programmable logic business.

1988: AMD established the AMD Submicron Development Center

1991: AMD debuts a reverse-engineered alternative to the Intel 386 processor dubbed Am386

1993: AMD launches Intel 486 processor clone Am486.

1994: AMD lands major long-term deal with Compaq to supply Am486 processors.

1992: ATI subsidiary in Germany established the first VESA and PCI products

1994: Supreme Court of California sides with AMD.

1995: K6 launches as Intel Pentium rival and first independently designed CPU.

1996: AMD acquires microprocessor company NexGen for rights to their Nx series of x86-compatible processors

1997: AMD introduces the K6 processor as an answer to Intel’s Pentium II.

1998: K6-2 launched.

1999: AMD debuts the Athlon (K7) microprocessor.

2000: AMD unveils mobile AMD-K6-2+ processors with power management.

2001: AMD intros the Athlon MP, its first workstation processor.

2002: AMD acquires Alchemy Semiconductor and its low-power, embedded processor technology. The Athlon XP integrates AMD’s Cool'n'Quiet technology.

2003: AMD and IBM partner on future generation manufacturing technologies. 64-bit technology debuts with Athlon 64 and Opteron processors

2004: AMD demonstrated its first x86 dual-core processor

2005: Turion 64 for notebooks as well as the dual-core Athlon 64 X2 and dual-core Opteron processors are announced.

2006: AMD announces $5.4 billion merger with ATI and announces plans for the 2010 Fusion processor.

2007: Dave Orton resigns. Opteron and Phenom quad-core processor launch with TLB bug. AMD announces triple-core CPUs, claims first 45 nm processors manufactured.

2008: AMD introduces triple-core processors and launches its 4800 of graphics cards.

2009: AMD introduces ATI Radeon™ HD 5970

2010: AMD announces the AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series platform, the first true server platform designed from the beginning to meet the needs of cloud, hyperscale and SMB data centers.

2011: AMD launches the AMD Fusion Family of APUs

INTEL PROCESSOR TIMELINE

1993: Intel Pentium

1995: Intel Pentium Pro

1997: Intel Pentium II

1998: Intel Celeron (Pentium II based)

1998: Intel Pentium II Xeon

1999: Intel Pentium III

2000: Intel Celeron (Pentium III based)

2000: Intel Pentium 4

2002: Intel Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading

2003: Intel Pentium M

2003: Intel Celeron M

2004: Intel Celeron D

2005: Intel Pentium Extreme

2005: Intel Pentium D

2007: Intel Pentium Dual Core

2007: Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo

2008: Core2Quad | 4 core/4 threads

2007: Core2Xtreme | 4 core/8 threads

2010: Core i3 | 2 core/2 threads

2009: Core i5 | 2 core/4 threads

2009: Core i5 | 4 core/4 threads

2008: Core i7 | 4 core/8 threads

2008: Core i7 980X | 6 cores/12 threads

2011: Sandy Bridge

TIMELINE OF TEXAS INSTRUMENT

1967 — First handheld electronic calculator invented at TI

1972 — TI-2500 introduced, the first commercial calculator

1976 — Little Professor introduced, the first educational toy

1977 — TI-58 and TI-59 introduced

1978 — Students at Ohio State University use programmable calculators

1982 — TI-30 SLR introduced

1987 — TI-12 Math Explorer introduced

1990 — TI-81 Released

1992 — TI-85 Released

1993 — TI-82 Released

1994 — Calc-TI mailing list started by Texas Instruments

1995 — TI-80 & TI-92 Released

1996 — TI-83 Released; Native Assembly Introduced

1997 — TI-86 Released

1998 — TI-73, TI-89 & TI-92+ Released; Flash Memory and Computer Algebra System (CAS)

1999 — TI-83+ Released

2000 - TI-83+ Released

2001 — TI-83+SE Released

2002 — Voyage 200 PLT Released

2003 - Voyage 200 PLT Released

2004 — TI-84+/SE & TI-89 Ti Released

2005 — First assembly shell for TI-73, Mallard, released by Michael Vincent

2006 — Flash application and OS signer for TI-83/84+, RabbitSign

2007 — TI-Nspire / CAS Released

2008 — BBC BASIC for TI-83/84+ released by Benjamin Ryves of Maxcoderz

2009 — The release of [[GCC4TI]]

2010 — TI-Nspire with Touchpad / CAS Released

2011 — TI-Nspire CX / CAS Released

2012 — Javascript TI-83+ emulator, jsTIfied

TIMELINE OF MOTOROLA

1928: Founding of Company

1928: Battery Eliminator

1930: First Motorola Brand Car Radio

1930: First Motorola Public Safety Radio Sales

1930: International Motorola Sales

1936: Motorola Police Cruiser Radio Receiver

1937: Motorola Home Entertainment Radios

1938: National Motorola Advertising

1939: Motorola AM Two-Way Radio Equipment

1940: Handie-Talkie SCR536 Radio

1940: Motorola Research and Development Program

1941: Motorola FM Two-Way Radio Equipment

1943: World's First FM Portable Two-Way Radio

1944: Motorola Two-Way Radios for Taxis

1946: Motorola Car Radiotelephone

1947: Company Name Change - Galvin Manufacturing Corporation became Motorola, Inc.

1947: Portable Two-Way Radios for Business

1947: Motorola Dispatcher Two-Way Radios

1947: Motorola Golden View Television

1953: Motorola Foundation

1955: Stylized "M" Motorola Logo

1955: World's First Commercial High-Power Transistor

1955: Motorola Handie-Talkie Paging System

1956: Robert W. Galvin, President, Motorola, Inc.

1958: Motorola Motrac Vehicular Two-Way Radio

1960: Motorola Astronaut TV

1962: Motorola HT200 Portable Two-Way Radio

1966: World's Smallest Prototype Pocket Television

1969: First Words From the Moon

1972: Motorola MODAT Vehicular Data Radio System

1973: World's First Portable Cellular Demonstration

1974: Motorola MC6800 Microprocessor

1975: Motorola MX300 Portable Radios

1978: Symbol LaserChek Barcode Verifier

1978: Motorola RDX1000 Portable Data Radio

1978: First Digital Voice Protection for U.S. Public Safety Radios

1980: Symbol Handheld Laser Barcode Scanner

1983: World's First Commercial Portable Cellular Phone

1983: Symbol Laserscan LS7000 Barcode Scanner

1983: Motorola KDT800 Portable Two-Way Data System

1986: Six Sigma Quality Process

1991: National Medal of Technology to Robert W. Galvin

1991: World's First Narrowband Digital Public Safety Radio System

1991: First Laser-Scannable Two-Dimensional Barcode

1995: World's First Two-Way Pager

1997: Motorola TETRA System, Norway

1999: Symbol Technologies National Medal of Technology

2000: World's First 700 MHz Public Safety Wideband High-Speed Data Field Trial

2002: Symbol Wireless Switch Networking Architecture

2004: Motorola National Medal of Technology

2005: Motorola MOTOMESH Broadband Radio Network

2006: Motorola MOTOTRBO Professional Digital Radios

2007: Symbol Technologies, Inc. Acquisition

2008: APX Multi-Band Two-Way Radios

2008: World's First LTE 700 MHz Data Demonstrations

2008: Industry First Project 25 Interoperability Gateways

2010: ES400 Global Enterprise Digital Assistant

2010: WiNG 5 WLAN Network

2011: Motorola, Inc. Separation

2011: Greg Brown, CEO and Chairman, Motorola Solutions, Inc.

2011: First U.S. Statewide Broadband LTE Public Safety Network