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d44ve

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Processor Intel E6600 @ 4.2GHZ Wo0t!
Motherboard ASUS Striker Extreme & eVGA 680i A1
Cooling Phase Change !!
Memory OCZ SLI 1066MHZ (2GB)
Video Card(s) EVGA 8800 GTX
Storage Western Digital 320 GB
Case Antec 900
Power Supply Lian-Li V2000
Software Vista Ultimate
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Intel 4004
Introduced November 15-16, 1971
Clock speed 740 kHz
0.06 MIPS
Bus Width 4 bits (multiplexed address/data due to limited pins)
PMOS
Number of Transistors 2,300 at 10 µm
Addressable Memory 640 bytes
Program Memory 4 KiB
One of the earliest Commercial Microprocessors (cf. Four Phase Systems AL1, F14 CADC)
Originally designed to be used in Busicom calculator


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Intel 8008
Introduced April 1, 1974
0.64 MIPS
Bus Width 8 bits data, 16 bits address
NMOS
Addressable memory 64 KiB
10X the performance of the 8008
Used in the Altair 8800, Traffic light controller, cruise missile
Required six support chips versus 20 for the 8008



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Intel 8085
Introduced March 1976
Clock speed 5 MHz
0.37 MIPS
Bus Width 8 bits data, 16 bits address
Number of Transistors 6,500 at 3 µm
Assembly language downwards compatible with 8080.
Used in Toledo scale. Also was used as a computer peripheral controller - modems, harddisks, etc...
CMOS 80C85 in Mars Sojourner, Radio Shack Model 100 portable.
High level of integration, operating for the first time on a single 5 volt power supply, from 12 volts previously. Also featured two serial I/O connection,3 maskable interupts,1 Non-maskable,1 programmable,status,DMA.




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Intel 8086
Introduced June 8, 1978
Clock speeds:
5 MHz with 0.33 MIPS
8 MHz with 0.66 MIPS
10 MHz with 0.75 MIPS
The memory is divided into odd and even banks. It accesses both the banks simultaneuosly in order to read 16 bit of data in one clock cycle.
Bus Width 16 bits data, 20 bits address
Number of Transistors 29,000 at 3 µm
Addressable memory 1 megabyte
10X the performance of 8080
Used in portable computing
Used segment registers to access more than 64 KiB of data at once, bane of programmers' existence for years to come



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Intel 80286, the last 16-bit CPU
Introduced February 1, 1982
Clock speeds:
6 MHz with 0.9 MIPS
8 MHz, 10 MHz with 1.5 MIPS
12.5 MHz with 2.66 MIPS
16 MHZ, 20MHz and 25MHz available.
Bus Width 16 bits
Included memory protection hardware to support multitasking operating systems with per-process address space
Number of Transistors 134,000 at 1.5 µm
Addressable memory 16 mebibytes
Added protected-mode features to 8086 with essentially the same instruction set
3-6X the performance of the 8086
Widely used in PC clones at the time
Can scan the Encyclopædia Britannica in 45 seconds




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Intel 80386, the first generation of Intel 32-bit CPU
Introduced October 17, 1985
Clock speeds:
16 MHz with 5 to 6 MIPS
20 MHz with 6 to 7 MIPS, introduced 16 February 1987
25 MHz with 8.5 MIPS, introduced 4 April 1988
33 MHz with 11.4 MIPS (9.4 SPECint92 on Compaq/i 16K L2), introduced 10 April 1989
Bus Width 32 bits
Number of Transistors 275,000 at 1 µm
Addressable memory 4 gibibytes
Virtual memory 64 tebibytes
First x86 chip to handle 32-bit data sets
Reworked and expanded memory protection support including paged virtual memory and virtual-86 mode, features required by Windows 95 and OS/2 Warp
Used in Desktop computing
Can address enough memory to manage an eight-page history of every person on earth
Can scan the Encyclopædia Britannica in 12.5 seconds




intel486.jpg

Intel 486
Introduced April 10, 1989
Clock speeds:
25 MHz with 20 MIPS (16.8 SPECint92, 7.40 SPECfp92)
33 MHz with 27 MIPS (22.4 SPECint92 on Micronics M4P 128 KiB L2), introduced 7 May 1990
50 MHz with 41 MIPS (33.4 SPECint92, 14.5 SPECfp92 on Compaq/50L 256 KiB L2), introduced 24 June 1991
Bus Width 32 bits
Number of Transistors 1.2 million at 1 µm; the 50 MHz was at 0.8 µm
Addressable memory 4 gibibytes
Virtual memory 1 tebibyte
Level 1 cache on chip
Math coprocessor on chip
50X performance of the 8088
Used in Desktop computing and servers
Family 4 model 3




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Intel Pentium
Bus width 64 bits
System bus speed 60 or 66 MHz
Address bus 32 bits
Addressable Memory 4 gibibytes
Virtual Memory 64 tebibytes
Superscalar architecture brought 5X the performance of the 33 MHz 486DX processor
Runs on 5 volts
Used in desktops
16 KiB of L1 cache
P5 - 0.8 µm process technology




intelpentiumpro.jpg

Intel Pentium Pro
Introduced November 1995



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Intel Pentium MMX
Introduced January 8, 1997
Intel MMX instructions
Socket 7 296/321 pin PGA (pin grid array) package
32 KiB L1 cache
Number of transistors 4.5 million
System bus speed 66 MHz
Basic P55C is family 5 model 4, mobile are family 5 model 7 and 8



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Intel Pentium II
Introduced May 7, 1997
Pentium Pro with MMX and improved 16-bit performance
242-pin Slot 1 (SEC) processor package
Number of transistors 7.5 million
32 KiB L1 cache
512 KiB ½ speed external L2 cache
The only Pentium II that did not have the cache at ½ speed of the core was the Pentium II 450 PE




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Intel Celeron
Introduced April 15, 1998
242-pin Slot 1 SEPP (Single Edge Processor Package)
Number of transistors 7.5 million
66 MHz system bus speed
32 KiB L1 cache
No L2 cache




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Intel Pentium III
Introduced February 26, 1999
Improved PII, i.e. P6-based core, now including Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE)
Number of transistors 9.5 million
512 KiB ½ speed L2 External cache
242-pin Slot 1 SECC2 (Single Edge Contact cartridge 2) processor package
System Bus Speed 100 MHz, 133 MHz (B-models)
Family 6 model 7




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Intel Coppermine
Introduced October 25, 1999
Number of transistors 28.1 million
256 KiB Advanced Transfer L2 Cache (Integrated)
242-pin Slot-1 SECC2 (Single Edge Contact cartridge 2) processor package, 370-pin FC-PGA (Flip-chip pin grid array) package
System Bus Speed 100 MHz (E-models), 133 MHz (EB models)
Family 6 model 8




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Intel Pentium IV
Introduced November 20, 2000
L2 cache was 256 KiB Advanced Transfer Cache (Integrated)
Processor Package Style was PGA423, PGA478
System Bus Speed 400 MHz
SSE2 SIMD Extensions
Number of Transistors 42 million
Used in desktops and entry-level workstations




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Intel Mobile Pentium II



intelmobileceleron.jpg

Intel Mobile Celeron




intelmobilepentimuiii.jpg

Intel Mobile Pentium III




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Intel Pentium II Xeon





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Intel Pentium III Xeon
Introduced October 25, 1999
Number of transistors: 9.5 million at 0.25 µm or 28 million at 0.18 µm)
L2 cache is 256 KiB, 1 MiB, or 2 MiB Advanced Transfer Cache (Integrated)
Processor Package Style is Single Edge Contact Cartridge (S.E.C.C.2) or SC330
System Bus Speed 133 MHz (256 KiB L2 cache) or 100 MHz (1 - 2 MiB L2 cache)
System Bus Width 64 bit
Addressable memory 64 gibibytes
Used in two-way servers and workstations (256 KiB L2) or 4- and 8-way servers (1 - 2 MiB L2)
Family 6 model 10




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Intel Xeon




intelitanium.jpg

Intel Itanium
Introduced 2001





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amd built chips for intel back then

i cant find my old sigpic, damn
 
Any way you could put the circa dates for each?
 
sure... give me a minute, its lunch time
 
amd built chips for intel back then

i cant find my old sigpic, damn


Yeah, they were intel bitch..... still are. lol j/k
 
There is no such thing as a Pentium IV Xeon, the Pentium name got dropped after the P3 based Xeons.

If you want dates just google.
 
I'd rather he do it for me. :p
 
There is no such thing as a Pentium IV Xeon, the Pentium name got dropped after the P3 based Xeons.

If you want dates just google.

You are right... I wasnt paying attention. Thanks for the heads up
 
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hehehe amd spam
 
That 80286 info is actually the 8086.

You killing me! lol

At least someone is reading it =)

and before you point it out... I fixed the 8008 & the 4004 =)
 
OK... thats it for now.


If you have anything you would like to add.... please let me know. I think this could be a informative thread
 
I like it, we should do similar ones for amd, ati and nvidia, would be nice to see the history of it all.
 
I a working on an AMD one now...


Problem is, I am not all that famlair with AMD and their chip history. I have used & owned almost everyone of these down to the 286
 
I've only run k6 and beyond, before that i was an intel guy. though I'll bet I can help find the info.
 
so that is what the XP chips looked like in K7?
 
I was going through my old threads and I forgot about this one....

A lot of good information that I am sure people didnt see
 
I recently acquired 7 pentium 2 chips (only 2 mobo's though), and an old dell server (poweredge 6300) with 4 p2xeons (400mhz each), im probably gonna give it all to a local charity (they give away/sell dirt cheap old 'internet capable' pc's), unless anyone has a better idea...
 
dave you want to update it with the c2d and do a seperate thread for the xeons.

cool pics tho 133 mmx ftw :)

my first proc it all ran passive and was still working last year when i gave it to a charity shop, i didnt have the hart to bin the old girl.
 
me thinks this might be up for a sticky :toast: nice work guys.
 
I recently acquired 7 pentium 2 chips (only 2 mobo's though), and an old dell server (poweredge 6300) with 4 p2xeons (400mhz each), im probably gonna give it all to a local charity (they give away/sell dirt cheap old 'internet capable' pc's), unless anyone has a better idea...

My uncle could do with some for his band to do research on. And I could probably find a use for the others.
 
good job d44ve. You earned "3991's official most helpful post of the day" award.
 
good job d44ve. You earned "3991's official most helpful post of the day" award.



Thanks.... I did this back in MAY. I figured there had been some people that didnt see this yet
 
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