In a way, the PC was unique where, as I said, because of its architecture and because the microprocessor was such a dominant part of the whole architecture, it was actually quite easy for Intel to dominate.

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Meanwhile NEC was due to outline details of a superscalar microprocessor architecture with advanced DSP capabilities, Turley said.

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You had Intel that established itself in the one true value-added portion of that architecture -- the microprocessor.

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