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Pentium

Pentium microprocessor technical specifications

Developed by: Intel
Launched: 1993
ALU bits: 32
Clock: 60 MHz
Family: x86
Registers: 32 bits
Bus: 64 bits
Transistors: 3 100 000
Technology: 0.8 µm

The Pentium microprocessor had an architecture capable of executing two operations at once.
The Pentium's introduction was intended to eliminate competitors producing clone microprocessors, such as AMD (Advanced Micro Devices), which created the K5, or Cyrix, which produced very good 486s.

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Pentium contemporary microprocessors

PowerPC 601

Manufacturer: IBM
Launched: 1992
Bits: 32
Transistors: 2 600 000

The RISC processor from IBM, Apple, and Motorola, which was intended to overthrow the dominance of Microsoft Windows and Intel.

Other microprocessors in the family of Pentium

Intel 8086

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1978
Bits: 16
Clock: 4.77 MHz
Transistors: 29 000
Technology: 3 nanometers

The first 16-bit microprocessor designed by Intel.
It was the first member of the popular x86 architecture, used to this day.

Intel 8088

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1979
Bits: 16
Clock: 4.77 MHz
Transistors: 29 000
Technology: 3 nanometers

A reduced-cost version of the Intel 8086 with a data bus reduced to 8 bits so that it could use circuitry from previous-generation computer manufacturers and thus reduce computer costs.

Intel 80286

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1982
Bits: 16
Clock: 6 MHz
Transistors: 134 000
Technology: 1.5 nanometers

Intel 80386

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1985
Bits: 32
Clock: 12 MHz
Transistors: 275 000
Technology: 1.5 nanometers
Voltage: 5 V

One of the first 32-bit architecture processors.

Intel 80486

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1989
Bits: 32
Clock: 16 MHz
Transistors: 1 200 000
Technology: 1 nanometers
Voltage: 5 V

The Intel 486 processor was the first to offer an integrated math coprocessor (FPU) that significantly accelerated computing operations.

Pentium Pro

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1995
Bits: 32
Clock: 150 MHz
Transistors: 5 500 000
Technology: 0.5 nanometers

An evolution of the Pentium, but with RISC architecture.
It was very inexpensive, but suffered from a problem with floating-point calculations, which was called flag erratum. It was soon discontinued.

Pentium MMX

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1996
Bits: 32
Clock: 120 MHz
Transistors: 4 500 000
Technology: 0.28 nanometers
Voltage: 2.8 V

It included a set of instructions developed by Intel intended to improve processor performance in multimedia applications.
AMD, Intel's main competitor, would implement the 3DNow! floating-point instruction set.

Pentium II

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1997
Bits: 32
Clock: 233 MHz
Transistors: 7 500 000
Technology: 0.35 nanometers

Pentium III

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 1999
Bits: 32
Clock: 400 MHz
Transistors: 9 500 000
Technology: 0.25 nanometers

Pentium 4

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 2000
Bits: 32
Clock: 1300 MHz
Transistors: 42 000 000
Technology: 0.18 nanometers

Intel Core 2

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 2006
Bits: 64
Clock: 1060 MHz
Transistors: 151 000 000
Technology: 0.065 nanometers

It covers the Solo (single core), Duo (dual core), Quad (quad core), and Extreme lines.

Intel Core i7

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 2008
Bits: 64
Clock: 2660 MHz
Transistors: 731 000 000
Technology: 0.045 nanometers

The Core i7 is the first processor to use Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture and is the successor to the Intel Core 2 family.

Intel Core i5

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 2009
Bits: 64
Clock: 2660 MHz
Transistors: 774 000 000
Technology: 0.045 nanometers

Core i5 is a term used to designate mid-range or high-midrange processors from Intel. They are characterized by an affordable price and sufficient performance to be used in computers capable of running complex programs or games that require slightly more power.

The i5 family offers an average processing speed of around 3.5 GHz and a cache of around 8 MB.

Intel Core i3

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 2010
Bits: 64
Clock: 2930 MHz
Transistors: 1 400 000 000
Technology: 0.032 nanometers

Intel Core i9

Manufacturer: Intel
Launched: 2017
Bits: 64
Clock: 3300 MHz
Transistors: 3 052 000 000
Technology: 0.014 nanometers
Voltage: 1.52 V

Personal computers equipping the microprocessor Pentium

IBM 300GL (Desktop)

Manufacturer: IBM
Launches: 1997
Manufactured in US
CPU: Intel Pentium
Memory: 16 MB ~ 128 MB
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Support B: CD
Hard drive: 2147483647 MB
Operating system: Windows 95

The PC 300GL series used Celeron, Pentium I, Pentium II, and Pentium III processors throughout its lifespan. Celeron-based models had processors clocked at 333, 366, 433, 466, 500, or 533 MHz; Pentium I models had processors clocked at 133 or 166 MHz; Pentium II-based models had processors clocked at 350, 400, and 450 MHz; and Pentium III-based models had processors with clock speeds of 450, 500, 533, 550, 600, 667, 733, 800, or 866 MHz.

These systems came in two case types: desktop and microtower.

There were two variants of the desktop case, one with two expansion slots and the other with four. Both variants had four drive bays.
The microtower case had four expansion slots and four drive bays.

Manufacturer: IBM
Launches: 1997
Manufactured in US
CPU: Intel Pentium
Memory: None
Support: Diskette 3½" DD
Support B: CD
Hard drive:
Operating system: Windows

The PC 300XL computer uses the Pentium MMX clocked at 233 MHz or the Pentium II clocked at 233, 266, or 300 MHz.
And it featured built-in 10/100 Ethernet.

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