nsane.forums Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Intel's Pentium range of processors has celebrated its 20th birthday on Friday, with the original P5 chip coming out on March 22, 1993 in super-fast 60 MHz and 66 MHz variants.Friday the 22nd of March has been the 20th anniversary of the Intel Pentium processor, a chip that was first introduced on March 22, 1993. The first product in the line, the Pentium P5 (the 5 standing for 5th generation x86 microarchitecture) was available in 60 MHz and 66 MHz versions, included 3.1 million transistors, had a TDP of up to 16 W, and used an 800nm manufacturing process.By comparison, today's Intel Ivy Bridge processor - which is still technically a Pentium chip, despite being primarily branded as "Ivy Bridge" or "3rd-generation Core iX" - includes 1.4 billion transistors, includes clock speeds of up to 3.90 GHz, has a max TDP of 77 W and uses a 22nm process; how times have changed!Be sure to check out one of the original Pentium adverts from 1994 above (look at how smooth those planet animations are!) and maybe crack open a beer this weekend to say thanks to one of the most prolific CPU lines of all time. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I still have the Pentium D. The first ever dual core in the Intel Processor line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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