Ken Shirriff, noted reverse engineer and processor historian, has identified the specific transistors, incorrectly laid, which caused the original Pentium to be recalled at a cost of $475 million.

Old-style x86 instructions aren't that easy to pipeline, but the pipeline never touches them: by the time they get there, they've been translated into the Pentium 4's internal instruction format.

What is the worst thing that could happen if I plug in a Pentium MMX 200MHz in to a Socket 7 that is holding a Pentium 133MHz non MMX? I can't find the FRU on the Mobo and havent any luck cross ...

Continuing to use an old processor for business machines can save money, as long as it doesn't slow you down. First released in 2000, the Pentium 4 family of Intel central processing unit chips ...

Currently, the fastest Pentium III operates at 1.13 GHz and sells for $990. The company's cheapest Celeron, by contrast, sells for less than $100. Intel hasn't yet announced pricing for the Pentium 4.

It’s called the 86Duino and stuffs an old Pentium II-class machine capable of running DOS, Windows, and Linux into the space of an Arduino, The 86Duino Zero features, of course, an x86 ...

Linux drops support for 486 and early Pentium processors ... Still, it's always sad to wave goodbye to an old processor. I recall when the 33MHz 486DX was the fastest chip around.

Windows 7 has apparently reached the end of the road for Pentium III CPUs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The reason for ...

I've inherited a couple of old HP Netserver 5/100s and I want to set one up as a server at home. It's got 16meg RAM (maybe 32 if I take the 16 out of the other) and a 4.3 gig SCSI hard drive ...

Intel says it will "retire the Intel Pentium and Intel Celeron branding beginning in Q1 2023," and that the decision is meant to "sharpen its focus on its flagship brands" such as Intel Core, EVO ...