7月初,Macintosh机和售价低于一千美元的台式机市场获得了来自Motorola公司RISC微处理器部和Cyrix公司的强力推动。 Motorola公司宣布了一个新的250MHz PowerPC 604e微处理器芯片,而Cyrix公司则宣布了166MHz和180MHz MediaGX集成处理器芯片。 250MHz PowerPC 604e是Motorola公司首次使用0.25微米制造工艺生产的微处理器芯片。使用0.25微米制造工艺生产的芯片,物理尺寸更小,功耗更低。例如,250MHz的微处理器芯片在运行时消耗的功率仅为5瓦,而以前的200MHz微处理器芯片 In early July, the Macintosh and the desktop market, which sold for less than a thousand dollars, were strongly motivated by Motorola’s RISC microprocessor unit and Cyrix. Motorola announced a new 250MHz PowerPC 604e microprocessor chip, while Cyrix announced the 166MHz and 180MHz MediaGX integrated processor chips. The 250MHz PowerPC 604e is the first of its kind to be manufactured using a 0.25-micron manufacturing process from Motorola. Chips made using 0.25-micron manufacturing processes are smaller in physical size and consume less power. For example, a 250MHz microprocessor chip consumes only 5 watts of power at run time, whereas previous 200MHz microprocessor chips