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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. Re:Ahh, Pentium. by TheRealMindChild · · Score: -1, Troll

    Giving my father a celeron 300A let me tell you what a piece of shit it was. It could barely run windows 98 at 466 mhz. These things were worthless

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