History of the Microprocessor

1994-95 - Fifty-two of the companies actually produce their RISC processors, and they all compete with one another for the 2.5% of the market not owned by Intel. Most die within weeks. DEC’s RISC processor, the Alpha, actually manages a slow, lingering death that takes about three years. The last RISC survivor, the PowerPC chip, is chosen for the next generation of Macintosh computers, since Apple’s executives would rather chew broken glass than use an Intel chip.