Semiconductor Timeline

|  | Information Research Services | Updated: 24 November 1997

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | April: 1974 MPS, DIGITAL's first microprocessor, is introduced.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | March 1979: The F-11 microprocessor is announced.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | August 1983: DIGITAL ships the J-11 chip in the LSI-11/73 board.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | May 1985: The MicroVAX chip is announced for the MicroVAX II.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | September 1987: DIGITAL unveils a new generation of its MicroVAX computer family with the introduction of the MicroVAX 3500 and MicroVAX 3600. Both machines are powered by the new CVAX chip.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | April 1988: DIGITAL introduces the VAX 6000 system platform, based on the CVAX chip.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | July 1989: The Rigel chip set is introduced.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | October 1990: The Mariah chip set ships in the VAX 6500.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | November 1991: The NVAX chip, DIGITAL's fourth VAX microprocessor, is implemented in 0.75-micrometer CMOS technology and ships in the VAX 6600.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | August 1994: DIGITAL describes the 21164, its newest Alpha microprocessor.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | February 1996: DIGITAL announces the SA-110 StrongARM microprocessor.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | July 1996: DIGITAL announces 500MHz and 433MHz versions of its Alpha 21164 RISC microprocessor, strengthening its four-year claim to the world's fastest and highest-performance microprocessors.