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by bakul 439 days ago
from the above post:

  > April 1, 1999
  >
  > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Forward to the past?
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pests 439 days ago
This was explained in the post. 1999 was when Intel released the Pentium 3 with SSE instructions, which caused the first major issue that had to overcome.
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