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486 Turns 15 Years Old

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the looking-back dept.

wooby writes "The 486 processor , introduced in 1989 at 25 and 33MHz clock speeds, is now 15 years old. Intel's simultaneous launch of both the 486, a CISC chip, and the i860, a RISC chip, was a gamble. Remarks Intel's former CEO, Andy Grove: 'our equivocation caused our customers to wonder what Intel really stood for, the 486 or i860?'"

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  1. Re:jup by rebeka+thomas · · Score: 0, Troll

    Young kids now think 1GHz isn't enough to browse web & email. That's not just wrong, it ends up wasteful
    I think your from a different time thats gone past its usefullness. Me for one, I web browse, email, do a little photoshopping and run a web server on my box. Like to see you try doing that on 1ghz.

    Some people just have a use for more power than u know.

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    RST
  2. 15. fifteen YEARS? FIFTEEN years? by lkcl · · Score: 0, Troll

    15 years. fuck me. is that all?