Released in 1993, Intel’s Pentium processor was a marvel of technological progress. Its floating point unit (FPU) was a big improvement over its predecessors that still used the venerable CORDIC ...

Intel announced today that its upcoming microprocessor, formerly known as Willamette, will be named the Pentium 4 when it's released this fall. The Pentium 4 marks the biggest change in the core ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Intel Corp., working to keep up the pressure on rivals and potentially goose fourth-quarter sales, has again slashed prices on its desktop processors. The chip maker cut its high ...

We dive into the history of Intel CPUs and the x86 architecture. From the very first microprocessor, through to the father of modern CPUs. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...

Man, today is a sad day... Intel is retiring the Celeron and Pentium CPU brands, where it's calling it an adjustment to product names moving into 2023 and beyond. Intel will drop the Celeron and ...

Intel has used the Celeron and Pentium brands for CPUs since the 1990s, but they're finally fading away — if not quite in the way you'd expect. The company is replacing both brand names for low-end ...

Providing power for the Pentium® microprocessor family is not a trivial task by any means. In an effort to simplify this task we have developed a new switching regulator control circuit and a new ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Intel Corp. announced the availability on Monday of its fastest version to date of the high-end Pentium 4 microprocessor. The new chip runs at 1.8 gigahertz, slightly faster than ...

Thirty years ago, on June 8, 1978, Intel Corp. introduced its first 16-bit microprocessor, the 8086, with a splashy ad heralding “the dawn of a new era.” Overblown? Sure, but also prophetic. While the ...