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What happened in history on this day: June 1?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1979 - Intel introduces the 4.77 MHz 8088 microprocessor. It was created as a stepping stone to the 8086, as it operates on 16 bits internally, but supports an 8-bit data bus, to use existing 8-bit device-controlling chips. It contains 29,000 transistors, using 3-micron technology, and can directly address 1 MB of memory. Speed is 0.33 MIPS.
- 1983 - Atari announces a consolidation of its home computer and video game divisions into one division.
- 1986 - The Summer Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is held in Chicago.
- 1993 - U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker rules against Apple Computer in its 63-month legal suit against Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard. The judge rules that ninety percent of the elements in Windows are covered by Microsoft's 1985 license from Apple Computer. Apple Computer files an appeal.
- 1999 - Apple Computer releases the Power Macintosh G3/350, /400, and /450 computers, with updated PowerPC G3 processors. All include Mac OS 8.6.
- 2004 - Intel releases Pentium 4 mobile processors, models 518 (2.8 GHz), 532 (3.06 GHz), and 538 (3.2 GHz). They feature Hyper-Threading Technology, 1 MB Level 2 cache.
- 2004 - Intel releases 1.5 GHz Celeron M 340 mobile processor. It features 512 kB Level 2 cache, 400 MHz system bus.
- 2004 - At the Computex trade show in Taiwan, ATI releases the Radeon X300, X600, and X800 graphics chips. The chips use the high-speed PCI Express data bus to communicate with the main processor.
- 2004 - Sony announces it will halt production of all Clié devices for the US market for the rest of the year, to re-evaluate the PDA market.
- 2004 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon 64 3500+, 3700+, and 2.4 GHz 3800+ processors. They feature 512 kB level 2 cache. The processors are manufactured in a 0.13-micron process. Prices are US$500, US$710, and US$720, recpestively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2008 - Algeria issues a 15d postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
Video Game history:
- 1981 - Imagic is formed by William Grubb and other former executives of Mattel Electronics and Atari, with US$2 million in venture capital.
- 1991 - At the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Illinois, Nintendo announces the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES). The 16-bit system will use new game cartridges, and compact discs using a CD-ROM drive developed with Philips N.V. The system is to be available for sale in September.
- 1991 - Sega drops the price of the Genesis in the US from $189 to $149.
- 1998 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Camera in the US. Price is US$49.95.
- 1998 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Printer in the US. Price is US$59.95.
- 1999 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Pinball video game for the Game Boy in the US.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal releases The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - In Yokohama, Japan, Namco celebrates its 50th anniversary. David Hawksett, science and technology editor at Guinness World Records, presents an official Guinness plaque to Namco founder Masaya Nakamura and "Pac-Man" creator Toru Iwatani. The game was recently listed in the record book as the "most successful coin operated game" in history.
- 2010 - Sega releases the Alpha Protocol video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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