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30-year-old Pentium FDIV bug tracked down in the silicon — Ken Shirriff takes the microscope to Intel's first-ever recall
The image seen above is a photo of the CPU die of the original Pentium chip, Intel's first CPU on the P5 ... The die contains 3.1 million transistors, with transistor grids being visible to ...
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The Pentium Processor’s Innovative (and Complicated) Method Of Multiplying By Three, Fast
Ken Shirriff] has been sharing a really low-level look at Intel’s Pentium (1993) processor. The Pentium’s architecture was highly innovative in many ways, and one of [Ken]’s ...
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Reverse-Engineering The Polynomial Constants In The Pentium’s FPU
Released in 1993, Intel’s Pentium processor was a ... die that enable its use of polynomials. Even with 3.1 million transistors, the Pentium die is still on a large enough process node that ...
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Lessons Learned: Pentium Flaws Aid Intel In Sandy Bridge Chipset Recall
Intel is receiving mostly positive feedback for its handling of the Sandy Bridge chipset recall, and a big reason for that may be the chip maker's past missteps in dealing with high-profile design ...
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Intel discontinues its weakest stock cooler – RS1 Laminar cooler was only used for the Pentium G7400 and Celeron G6900
The RS1 only ever shipped with two dual-core CPUs: the Pentium Gold G7400 and the Celeron G6900. Although Intel’s weakest stock cooler isn’t particularly robust, it doesn’t struggle to cool ...
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Intel processors explained: What is Core 3, 5, 7, Core Ultra and Pentium?
Atom' branding is no longer part of Intel's current processor lineup. Up until recently, there were separate brands for Celeron and Pentium processors. Intel has now bundled both of them up into a ...