PC硬件制造商和消费电子厂商开始全面重视娱乐和家用市场发展,在这一新兴的市场上,大大小小的厂商都在为抢占该市场而展开激烈的竞争。 Intel公司通过在1997年5月份推出Pentium Ⅱ芯片,继续保持了其在PC微处理器市场上的优势。该公司还在Pentium Ⅱ中采用了更快速的图形总线和称为Slot 1的新的构件与接口设计,以改善微处理器芯片的性能。但是,随着竞争对手AMD公司的“Pentium杀手”芯片AMDK6的推出,Intel公司面临了前所未有的巨大挑战。 PC hardware manufacturers and consumer electronics manufacturers began to pay full attention to entertainment and home market development, in this emerging market, large and small manufacturers are in order to seize the market and fierce competition. Intel Corporation continued its leadership in the PC microprocessor market by introducing the Pentium II chip in May 1997. The company also adopted a faster graphics bus in the Pentium II and a new component and interface design called Slot 1 to improve the performance of the microprocessor chip. However, with the introduction of the AMD Pentium Killer chip AMDK6 from rival AMD, Intel Corporation is facing an unprecedented challenge.