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Intel Processor History
Intel Processor History
Throughout history, new and improved technologies Intel continues to deliver on the promise of Moore’s
have transformed the human experience. In the 20th 1995
2006
Law with the introduction of powerful multi-core
Intel launched four processors for servers
century, the pace of change sped up radically as we Released in the fall of 1995, the Intel® Pentium® Pro
processor was designed to fuel 32-bit server and
under the Xeon 5300 brand, and another
processor under the Core 2 Extreme
technologies, transforming the way we live, work,
workstation applications, enabling fast computer-aided
entered the computing age. For nearly 40 years design, mechanical engineering and scientific
computation.
series for high performance computing.
These "quad-core" processors show
improved performance over others with
and play once again.
Intel innovations have continuously created new just one or two processing cores.
Moore’s Law
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted that
the number of transistors on a chip would double about
every two years. Since then, Moore’s Law has fueled a
technology revolution as Intel has exponentially increased
the number of transistors integrated into it processors Intel® 4004 processor Intel® 8008 processor Intel® 8080 processor Intel® 8086 processor Intel® 8088 processor Intel® 286 processor Intel386™ processor Intel486™ processor Intel® Pentium® processor Intel® Pentium® Pro processor Intel® Pentium® II processor Intel® Pentium® III processor Intel® Pentium® 4 processor Intel® Pentium® M processor Intel® Itanium® 2 processor Intel® Pentium® D processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 processor 9000 series Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor (Penryn)
Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor (Penryn)
for greater performance and energy efficiency. Introduced 1971 Introduced 1972 Introduced 1974 Introduced 1978 Introduced 1979 Introduced 1982 Introduced 1985 Introduced 1989 Introduced 1993 Introduced 1995 Intel® Pentium II Xeon® processor Intel® Pentium® III Xeon® processor Introduced 2000 Introduced - 2002 Introduced 2002 Introduced 2005 Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor Introduced 2006 Quad-Core Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor
Introduced 2006 Quad-Core Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor (Penryn)
Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Introduced 1997 Introduced 1999 Intel® Xeon® processor Initial Clock Speed Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor Initial clock speed
Intel® Core™2 Quad processors Introduced 2007
Initial clock speed Initial clock speed Introduced 2001 Introduced 2006
Note: Number of transistors is an approximate number.
108 KHz 500-800 KHz 2 MHz 5 MHz 5 MHz 6 MHz 16 MHz 25 MHz 66 MHz 200 MHz 300 MHz 500 MHz
Initial clock speed
1.7 GHz 1 GHz 3.2 GHz Initial clock speed
1.66 GHz Introduced 2007 Initial clock speed
Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors
Number of transistors Number of transistors 1.5 GHz Number of transistors Number of transistors Number of transistors
2.93 GHz Number of transistors
Initial clock speed
Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology
Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology 42,000,000 Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology Manufacturing technology
291,000,000 Manufacturing technology
Number of transistors
582,000,000 820,000,000
Manufacturing Technology
10µ 10µ 6µ 3µ 3µ 1.5µ 1.5µ 1µ 0.8µ 0.6µ 0.25µ 0.18µ Manufacturing technology 90nm 0.13µ 65nm Manufacturing technology 90nm 45nm
Manufacturing technology
0.18µ 65nm
Manufacturing technology
65nm 45nm
The groundbreaking Intel® 4004 The Intel® 8008 processor was The Intel® 8080 processor The Intel® 8086 processor was A pivotal sale to IBM's new personal The Intel® 286 was the first The Intel386™ processor could run multiple The Intel486™ introduced the integrated The Intel® Pentium® processor, executing The Pentium® Pro processor delivered The Intel® Pentium® II processor’s significant The Intel® Pentium® III processor executed The Intel® Pentium® 4 processor The Intel® Pentium® M processor, the Intel® The Intel® Itanium® 2 processor is the The Intel® Pentium® D processor features Intel® Core™2 Duo processor optimizes Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 processor 9000 series The unprecedented performance of the Intel® Intel’s next generation Intel® Core™2 processor
processor was introduced with twice as powerful as the Intel® made video games and home the first 16 bit processor and computer division made the Intel® Intel processor that could software programs at once and featured floating point unit. This generation of 112 million commands per second, allowed more performance than previous performance improvement over previous Internet Streaming SIMD Extensions, ushers in the advent of the 855 chipset family, and the Intel® successor of the first Itanium processor. the first desktop duel-core design with two mobile microarchitecture of the Intel® outperforms the earlier, single-core version of the Core™2 Quad processor is made possible by each family, codenamed "Penryn", contains
the same computing power 4004 processor. computers possible. delivered about ten times the 8088 processor the brains of IBM's run all the software written 275,000 transistors—more than 100 times computers really allowed users to go from computers to more easily incorporate "real generation processors through an Intel-Architecture processors was based on extended the concept of processor nanotechnology age. PRO/Wireless 2100 network connection are The architecture is based on Explicitly Parallel complete processor cores, that each run at Pentium® M processor and enhanced it Itanium 2 processors. With more than 1.7 billion of the four complete execution cores delivering industry-leading microarchitecture
as ENIAC. performance of its predecessors. new hit product--the IBM PC. for its predecessor. as many as the original Intel® 4004. a command level computer into point and world" data such as speech, sound, innovation called Dynamic Execution. the seamless combination of the P6 identification and utilized multiple the three components of Intel® Centrino® Instruction Computing (EPIC). It is theoretically the same speed, in one physical package. with many microarchitecture innovations. transistors and with two execution cores, these the full power of Intel Core microarchitecture. enhancements. Further, new SSE4 instructions
click computing. handwriting and photographic images. This made possible the advanced 3D microarchitecture and Intel MMX media low-power states to conserve power processor technology. Intel® Centrino® capable of performing roughly 8 times more Intel® Centrino® Pro and Intel® vPro™ processors double the performance of previous The Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor provides for improved video, imaging, and 3D content
visualization and interactive capabilities. enhancement technology. during idle times. processor technology was designed work per clock cycle than other CISC and RISC processor technology provide excellent Itanium processors while reducing average power 50 percent greater performance than industry- performance and new power management
specifically for portable computing. architectures. performance from the Dual-Core Intel® consumption. leading Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor in the features will extend “Penryn” processor family
Core™2 Duo processor. same power envelope. The quad-core-based leadership in performance and energy efficiency.
servers enable more applications to run with a
smaller footprint.