>From Yahoo AP News... -ac
AMD Makes Powerful Gigahertz Chip
"Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has
reached the milestone gigahertz mark with a
new Athlon processor that will make
computers 10 times faster than just six years
ago, paving the way for speedier software
and games. A gigahertz processes information at 1,000
megahertz, or 1 billion bits of information per
second - a speed many engineers thought
impossible just a decade ago...."
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