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The History Of Pentium

Posted by Hemos on 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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  1. Re:My First Pentium. by millwall · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You lucky BASTARD, all we had was a 486SX-33.

    Anyone else but me feel old when they read a comment like this? To me 33Mhz still feels like yesterday, not like some ancient processor speed.

    I guess I'm the one getting ancient here.

  2. Quake by Richard+W.M.+Jones · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The article neglects to remember the killer app for the Pentium - namely Quake 1. It was specifically optimized for the Pentium 1, and I remember it ran much much faster on a 66 MHz Pentium than on a 100 MHz 486 DX-4.

    Rich.

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