It was extremely unusual for a start-up company to pursue innovations in several fields simultaneously - semiconductor processing, system design, chip architecture, software algorithms.

With so many different processor designs (sometimes referred to as chip architecture) available, other factors can affect how fast the computer performs.

"Hitachi is strong in chip architecture, so they complement Mitsubishi Electric's business."

"We see this chip architecture being pervasive by the end of this decade and into the next century."

"And right now we're looking at chip architectures that are capable of 100 mips, which in volume ought to sell for about $50," he continued.

Even Intel's own DX4, based on an older chip architecture, was typically faster.

Multiflow was too early to catch the following wave, when chip architectures began to allow multiple issue CPUs.

The 7100 chip architecture itself features 32-bit instructions, 64 major operation codes and 140 machine instructions.

He is widely credited with paving the way for the PowerPC, a popular chip architecture.

This aims to produce a new chip architecture comprising a number of interconnectable modules, that can be used individually, or in combination, in single chips.