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What happened in history on this day: June 27?
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Personal Computer history:
- 2001 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A personal computer appears, with program called "PhotoWiz", a spoof of Photoshop.
- 2004 - Intel releases the Pentium 4 520, 530, 540, 550, and 560 with speeds 2.8, 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, and 3.6 GHz respectively. The processors feature 1 MB cache and 800 MHz front-side bus. Prices are US$178, US$218, US$278, US$417, and US$637, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 processor. The chip includes 1 MB of level 2 cache. Price is US$1031 in quantities of 1000.
- 2005 - Intel releases the 3.2 GHz Celeron D 351 processor. It features EM64T 64-bit technology, 256 kB cache, and 533 MHz system bus. Price is US$127 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Intel announces the 3.2 GHz Celeron D 350 processor. It features 256 kB cache, and 533 MHz system bus. Price is US$73 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Advanced Micro Devices files an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, claiming the company used scare tactics and coercion on 38 companies to not use AMD processors.
- 2008 - Last official day for Bill Gates at Microsoft.
Video Game history:
- 2005 - MTV and Midway announce a collaboration for three upcoming games. The two companies will jointly market the games and work on in-game advertising on a royalty-sharing basis.
- 2011 - The US Supreme Court rules 7-2 that California's law restricting sale or rental of violent video games is unconstitutional.
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