pentium

     

The Pentium bran refers to Intel's single-core x86 microprocessor based on the P5 fifth-generation microarchitecture. The name 'Pentium' was derived from the Greek penta, meaning 'five', and the Latin ending -ium.

Trivia about pentium

  • Intel says it had "the internet in mind" when it designed the new III model of this processor
  • In 1993 Intel introduced this new chip, which had 3.1 million transistors

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