Intel Pentium

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microprocessor family x86 microprocessor line

Intel Pentium is a line of x86 microprocessors that became widely known in the 1990s for powering mainstream personal computers and marking a major step in consumer CPU performance.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Intel Pentium processor family 2
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 1
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y 1
Intel Pentium II 1
Pentium FDIV bug 1
Pentium MMX 1
Pentium P5 1
Pentium P54C 1
Pentium P54CS 1
Tillamook (mobile Pentium MMX) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf microprocessor family ⓘ
x86 microprocessor line ⓘ
architecture x86 ⓘ
brandOwner Intel Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Intel
cache 8 KB data cache ⓘ
8 KB instruction cache ⓘ
clockSpeedRange 60 MHz to 200 MHz ⓘ
codename P5 ⓘ
P54C ⓘ
P54C ⓘ
surface form: P54CS

Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tillamook (mobile Pentium MMX)
coreCount 2-way superscalar pipeline ⓘ
design pipelined ⓘ
superscalar ⓘ
familyMember Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pentium MMX

Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pentium P5

Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pentium P54C

Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pentium P54CS
FDIVBugDiscovered 1994 ⓘ
instructionSet IA-32 ⓘ
introduced 1993 ⓘ
manufacturer Intel Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Intel
marketSegment entry-level servers ⓘ
mainstream desktop computers ⓘ
mobile computers ⓘ
notableFor enhanced floating-point performance ⓘ
improved integer performance over 80486 ⓘ
superscalar architecture ⓘ
widespread use in 1990s personal computers ⓘ
notableIssue Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pentium FDIV bug
pipeline dual integer pipelines ⓘ
predecessor Intel 80486 ⓘ
socket Socket 4 ⓘ
Socket 5 ⓘ
Socket 7 ⓘ
successor Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Intel Pentium II

Intel Pentium Pro ⓘ
supports 32-bit computing ⓘ
MMX (in later Pentium models) ⓘ
x87 floating-point unit ⓘ
technologyNode 0.18 µm ⓘ
0.25 µm ⓘ
0.35 µm ⓘ
0.6 µm ⓘ
0.8 µm ⓘ
transistorCount 3.1 million (60/66 MHz versions) ⓘ
3.3 million (75+ MHz versions) ⓘ
usedIn IBM PC compatible ⓘ
surface form: IBM-compatible PCs

consumer desktop PCs ⓘ
entry-level servers of the 1990s ⓘ
wordSize 32-bit ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Intel Corporation → brand → Intel Pentium ⓘ
Intel Pentium → codename → Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tillamook (mobile Pentium MMX)
Intel Pentium → familyMember → Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pentium P5
Intel Pentium → familyMember → Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pentium P54C
Intel Pentium → familyMember → Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pentium P54CS
Intel Pentium → familyMember → Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pentium MMX
Intel Pentium → notableIssue → Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pentium FDIV bug
Intel Corporation → notableProduct → Intel Pentium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel Pentium processor family
this entity surface form: Intel Pentium processor family
Surface Go 2 → processorOption → Intel Pentium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
Surface Go 3 → processorOption → Intel Pentium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
Intel Pentium → successor → Intel Pentium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Intel Pentium II