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Intel's Pentium Chip Turns 20 Today

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-many-moore dept.

girlmad writes "Intel's Pentium processor was launched 20 years ago today, a move that led to the firm becoming the dominant supplier of computer chips across the globe. This article has some original iComp benchmark scores, rating the 66MHz Pentium at a heady 565, compared with 297 for the 66MHz 486DX2, which was the fastest chip available prior to the Pentium launch."

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  1. 0.99904274017st post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    fdiv bug

    1. Re:0.99904274017st post by Joce640k · · Score: 2, Funny

      I sent my fdiv bug chip back to Intel for replacement. I should have kept it, it'd be worth $5 on eBay.

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    2. Re:0.99904274017st post by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

      So what you're saying is that it's really the 19.9808548034th anniversary?

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  2. Re:Any old timers remember the Pentium 50 Mhz? by TuringCheck · · Score: 4, Funny
    I remember one of my teachers arriving in class and saying "I have a '486 in my pocket!"

    We all went "Wow!", "Cool!", "Can I see it?"

    So he extracts a 7486 IC from his pocket.

    Some people are mean...