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Technical Specifications of Intel Processors
Model
Intel 4004
Intel 8008
Intel 8080
Intel 8086
Intel 8088
Intel 80286
Intel 80386 DX
Intel 80386SX
Intel 80486 DX
Intel 80486SX
Intel Pentium
Intel PentiumPro
Intel PentiumII
Intel PentiumIII
Intel Pentium 4
Date
11-15-1971
04-01-1972
04-01-1974
08-06-1978
06-01-1979
02-01-1982
10-17-1985
06-16-1988
04-10-1989
04-22-1991
03-22-1993
03-27-1995
05-07-1997
1999
2000
Velocity
108KHz
108KHz
2MHz
5~10MHz
5~8MHz
8~12MHz
16~33MHz
16~20MHz
25~50MHz
16~33MHz
60~200MHz
150~200MHz
233~400MHz
450MHz~1GHz
1.2~2GHz
Bus Width
4 bit
8 bit
8 bit
16 bit
8 bit
16 bit
32 bit
16 bit
32 bit
32 bit
32 bit
64 bit
64 bit
64 bit
64 bit
max memory
640 byte
16KB
64KB
1MB
1MB
16MB
4GB
4GB
4GB
4GB
4GB
4GB
4GB
4GB
4GB
Description
- First chip with Arithmetic Manipulation
- Data and text manipulation
- 10 times the benefits of the 8008
- 10 times the performance of the 8080
- Identical to 8086 but with 8-bit external bus
- 3 to 6 times the performance of 8086
- First x86 chip capable of handling 32-bit data sets
- Bus capable of addressing 16 bits processing 32 bits at low cost
- Level 1 cache on the chip
- Identical in design to the Intel 486 DX but without math coprocessor
- Scalable architecture. Up to 5 times the performance of the 486 DX at 33 MHz
-Dynamic execution architecture with high performance processor
- SEC, MMX, Double independent bus, dynamic execution
Transistors - Microns
2,300 - 10 microns
3,500 - 10 microns
6,000 - 10 microns
29,000 - 3 microns
29,000 - 3 microns
134,000 - 1.5 microns
275,000 - 1 micron
275,000 - 1 micron
1,185,000 - 0.8 microns
1,185,000 - 0.8 microns
3,100,000 - 0.8 microns
5,500,000 - 0.32 microns
7,500,000 - 0.32 microns
9,500,000
42,000,000
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