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to boot Windows NT. The chipset consisted of six chips: a CPU and secondary cache controller, a buffer, a I/O cache and bus controller, a
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PICA was used by Acer in its Formula 4000 personal workstation, which NEC sold under the OEM name
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microprocessors. The chipset was designed for computers that run
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Performance-enhanced Input-output and CPU Architecture
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Acer Laboratories
Jazz
Microsoft
MIPS Technologies
R4000
R4400
Windows NT
ARC
firmware
memory controller
RISCstation Image
"Mips Challenges Intel on Its Own Turf"
Byte
"Acer Formula 4400"
PC Magazine
Computergram International
"RISC workstations: ready for the desktop?"
PC Magazine
DeskStation Technology
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Acer Inc.
Gateway
eMachines
Packard Bell
Reveal Computer Products
Zenith Data Systems
Products
Personal
computers

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