The History Of Pentium

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Posted by Hemos on Monday July 12, 2004 @02:58AM from the get-yer-geek-on dept.

yootje writes "ArsTechnica is running a story about the history of the Pentium processor. It starts with the original Pentium back in 1993, but it also handles the Pentium II and III. The article goes deep about how the processors are designed and work."

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Does it mention... by mirko · 2004-07-12 02:59 · Score: 5, Funny

F00FC7C8 ?
I remember exploding many systems running many OSes with that...

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1. Re:Does it mention... by perly-king-69 · 2004-07-12 03:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Does it mention... F00FC7C8 ?
  Shall I RTFA for you to find out? ;-)
  
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Now I feel old by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 03:01 · Score: 5, Funny

It makes me feel old that they now have a histroy for things I was around for the beginning of.
Re:Where did the name come from? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 03:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Five guys drinking fifths around a pentagram on the 5th floor of the pentagon on the pentecost.
Those were the days... by supersam · 2004-07-12 03:30 · Score: 5, Funny

[nostalgia]
... when I used to lust, in equal measures, for the hottest girl in my class and the soon-to-be-launched Pentium!!
[/nostalgia]

*sigh*
1. Re:Those were the days... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-12 03:58 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Let me guess: you got the Pentium but not the girl ?
Explosions and fire by WizzleWizzleWizzle · 2004-07-12 03:32 · Score: 5, Funny

I had only been in the PC-building business for a few months when the Pentiums came out. I was always really nonchalant when it came to building computers and was certainly not gentle. However, everything I had built up to that point either had the CPU soldered onto the motherboard or someone else had done it because I had never seen a separate CPU.

When the first Pentium-based system arrived at my workstation to build I mounted the motherboard to the case and then put the CPU in place, but it didn't go in very well. I pulled it out and bent the pins back into place and put it in again. It felt like it went in okay.

I took the little arm thing and pulled down to secure it in place and heard a sound, but I thought it was okay... I had never done this before.

I put in the cards, drives and memory and fired the system up... blank screen and then... POP!!! and some smoke.

I didn't realize the CPU had a dot that corresponded with a notched corner indicating how to put the thing into place. From then on I started paying attention to things like that.

The Pentium made me mature as a technician... for about a week; then it was a contest to see how far we could launch them in the air. (kidding)

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Very Brief History by Epistax · 2004-07-12 03:43 · Score: 4, Funny

1978: 8086 processor is released
1979-Present: Regret

I think many of you will know exactly what I mean.
Re:My First Pentium. by AngryTech · 2004-07-12 04:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I tell my nephews that my pcs used to have a "turbo" button, and they look at me cross-eyed.