为了向台式PC用户提供更多新的功能,Intel、Cyrix以及AMD公司正在进一步强化其各自的微处理器体系结构。预计今年年底,Intel公司将推出一个名为740GT的基于AGP(加速的图形端口)的高档三维图形芯片。Intel的740GT将是首批支持其AGP总线的处理器之一,由于这一处理器可绕过内存总线执行命令,因此处理性能可进一步得以提高。这一处理器将支持800×600的显示分辨率、6400万种颜色以及每秒30帧的视频信息传输。Intel公司的官员们说,该公司今后还将推出一系列利用其AGP总线的新的图形处理器,但他们拒绝对具体的产品加以评论。 In order to provide desktop PC users with more new features, Intel, Cyrix, and AMD are further enhancing their respective microprocessor architectures. It is expected that by the end of this year, Intel Corporation will launch a high-end 3D graphics chip based on AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) called 740GT. Intel’s 740GT will be one of the first processors to support its AGP bus and processing performance will be further enhanced by the ability to bypass the memory bus to execute commands. The processor will support 800 × 600 display resolution, 64 million colors and 30 frames per second video information transmission. Officials at Intel Corp. said the company is also rolling out a series of new graphics processors using its AGP bus in the future, but they declined to comment on the product.