Pentium
Classic computer processor
Pentium is a brand name for a line of microprocessors made by Intel, introduced in 1993 and dominant in personal computers through the 1990s and early 2000s.
The name, suggesting a fifth-generation chip, became so synonymous with computing power that "Pentium processor" appeared in advertisements as a selling point for PCs.
My old desktop still has a Pentium chip in it.
Though Intel has since moved to other branding, Pentium remains recognizable as shorthand for that era of computing.
Semiconductor corporation from California
- CPUMain computing chip
- chipSmall broken-off piece
- microprocessorCompact computing circuit
- x86Intel processor architecture
transistor · silicon · die · socket · cache · MHz · clock speed · fabrication
Decimal number representation
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- overclockingExceeding manufacturer's speed specifications
- heatsinkPassive heat dispersal device
- fanAdmirer or air mover
voltage · dual core · hyperthreading · motherboard · BIOS · compatibility · performance
Intel
Semiconductor corporation from California
- CPUMain computing chip
- chipSmall broken-off piece
- microprocessorCompact computing circuit
x86 · transistor · silicon · die · socket · cache · MHz · clock speed · fabrication · semiconductor
floating-point
Decimal number representation
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- overclockingExceeding manufacturer's speed specifications
- heatsinkPassive heat dispersal device
fan · voltage · dual core · hyperthreading · motherboard · BIOS · compatibility · performance
1990s
Final twentieth-century decade
- Windows 951995 PC platform
- DOSText-based computer platform
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
CD-ROM · floppy · beige box · tower · Gateway · Compaq · multimedia · upgrade · PC gaming · home computer
logo
Company identifying symbol
- stickerAdhesive-backed paper or plastic
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
II · 4 · Celeron · product line · generation · naming · consumer · desktop · laptop · badge
- 90s TechWindows 95, Windows 98, dial-up, Netscape, AOL
- processorsCPU, processor, Intel Core, microprocessor, microchip
- retro computingApple II, ENIAC, IBM PC, Commodore, Atari
- DOS ComputingMS-DOS, DOS, DOS prompt, command line, CONFIG.SYS
- PC hardwareCPU, GPU, RAM, ROM, hard drive
Pentiumvacuum tube
Evacuated electronic amplifier
Intel Core · Core i7 · punch card · Celeron · 386
pentagon, quintuple, pentagram, pentameter, centurion, pentathlon, Pentecost