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Pentium CPUs - Part I by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| The Pentium is Intel's fifth-generation x86 architecture microprocessor and successor to the company's 486 line of chips. The word pentium doesn't mean anything, but it contains the syllable pent, the Greek root for five. Originally Intel was going to call the Pentium the 80586, in keeping with the ... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part II by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| Intel's P55C MMX processor with MultiMedia eXtensions was launched at the beginning of 1997. It represented the most significant change to the basic architecture of the PC processor for ten years and provided three main enhancements |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part III by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| The Pentium II's Single Edge Contact cartridge technology allows the core and L2 cache to be fully enclosed in a plastic and metal cartridge. These sub-components are surface mounted directly to a substrate inside the cartridge to enable high-frequency operation. The cartridge allows the use of wide... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part IV by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| In June 1998 Intel introduced its Pentium II Xeon processor, rated at 400MHz. Technically, Xeon represented a combination of Pentium Pro and Pentium II technology and was designed to offer outstanding performance in critical applications for workstations and servers. Using the new Slot 2 interface, ... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part IX by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| Virtually all contemporary operating systems divide their work load up into processes and threads that can be independently scheduled and dispatched to run on a processor. The same division of work load can be found in many high-performance applications such as database engines, scientific computati... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part V by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| Intel's successor to the Pentium II, formerly codenamed "Katmai", came to market in the spring of 1999. With the introduction of the MMX came the process called Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD). This enabled one instruction to perform the same function on several pieces of data simultaneously... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part VI by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| It had been Intel's original intention to introduce the Tualatin processor core long before it actually did, as a logical progression of the Pentium III family that would - as a consequence of its finer process technology - allow higher clock frequencies. In the event, the company was forced to swit... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part VII by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| In early 2000, Intel unveiled details of its first new IA-32 core since the Pentium Pro - introduced in 1995. Previously codenamed "Willamette" - after a river that runs through Oregon - it was announced a few months later that the new generation of microprocessors would be marketed under the brand ... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part VIII by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| For several months after the Pentium 4 began shipping in late 2000 the leadership in the battle to have the fastest processor on the market alternated between Intel and rival AMD, with no clear winner emerging. However, towards the end of 2001 AMD had managed to gain a clear advantage with its Athlo... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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Pentium CPUs - Part X by MDofPC |
Topic: Pentium CPUs |
| In February 2004 Intel formally announced four new processors, built on the company's industry-leading, high-volume 90 nanometre manufacturing technology. Formerly codenamed "Prescott", the new processors were clocked at between 2.8 and 3.4GHz and differentiated from the previous Northwood series by... |
| Published: Wednesday 25 April, 2007 |
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