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Tom R. Halfhill

Digital Government

Intel takes inside track to faster chips

Intel commands nearly 80 percent of the worldwide CPU market, according to MicroDesign Resources Inc. of Sebastopol, Calif. Intel's 21-year-old x86 architecture is the standard for almost all PCs and workgroup servers. Last this month, Intel will introduce new chips to extend the life of that architecture. The Pentium III, formerly code-named Katmai, will be the newest member of Intel's P6 family, which includes the Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Celeron and Xeon. The Pentium III has