Neowin News Feed for: Pentium

Windows 7 was made to run on a mere 5MHz Pentium, 128MB RAM and it worked, mostly

Sayan Sen — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 09:30:01 +0000

A developer managed to run Windows 7 on a PC with a 5Mhz Pentium CPU, which is 200 times lower than the official requirement. However, it needed loads of tweaks and tinkerings to make it possible. Read more...

Intel to kill Pentium and Celeron brands come 2023 for mobile chips

Sayan Sen — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:12:01 +0000

Intel is officially going to kill the Pentium and Celeron brandings 30 years after the former was first introduced. The company said its mobile SKUs will lose this branding next year. Read more...

PC Health Check App gives ancient Pentium 4 thumbs up for Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:52:02 +0000

Windows 11 requirements can be checked using the PC Health Check app that Microsoft released. However, it seems the app is misidentifying a hyper-threaded Pentium 4 as a CPU officially supported. Read more...

Intel announces new Pentium and Celeron chips with gigabit Wi-Fi

Rich Woods — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:18:01 +0000

Today, Intel announced some new chips from its budget lines, including Pentium Silver and Celeron, both of which are built on its Gemini Lake architecture, and include gigabit Wi-Fi. Read more...

Intel announces security vulnerability in many of its modern processors

Rich Woods — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:26:01 +0000

Intel posted a bulletin regarding a security vulnerability that affects most of its modern chips, including 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-generation Core processors, along with Xeon, Atom, and Celeron chips. Read more...

Intel announces the Apollo Lake platform for low cost devices

Shreyas Gandhe — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 08:26:01 +0000

At the 2016 Intel Developers Forum in Shenzen, the company announced the 14nm Apollo Lake platform, which will power low cost computers for modern content consumption with improved battery life. Read more...

TechSpot: Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition Review & Overclocking Build Guide

Julio Franco — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:49:13 +0000

To mark the 20th anniversary of its Pentium brand, Intel has released a special fully unlocked Haswell dual-core Pentium G3258 for $72 -- just what the overclocking community has been waiting for. Read more...

Intel reveals more info on Bay Trail processor family

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 21:29:32 +0000

Intel has revealed more details on its family of processors that will use its Bay Trail architecture, which will be inside upcoming Windows 8.1 and Android tablets later this year. Read more...

Intel's Bay Trail design to be used in future Celeron and Pentium chips

John Callaham — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Intel plans to use its upcoming Bay Trail processor design in upcoming Celeron and Pentium chips, in addition to Atom chips, that will be made for low end PCs and tablets. Read more...

Intel Pentium has turned 20

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:56:13 +0000

Intel's Pentium range of processors has celebrated its 20th birthday on Friday, with the original P5 chip coming out on March 22, 1993 in super-fast 60 MHz and 66 MHz variants Read more...

Intel Pentium E2140 & E2160 review

Julio Franco — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:04:50 +0000

The Core 2 range has been highly successful for Intel, delivering unbeatable performance at a price many have been unable to refuse. However, not to be outdone with such a successful product Intel has quietly... Read more...

Intel moves up schedule for Pentium E2000 and Celeron 400

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:30:45 +0000

According to sources familiar with Intel's plans, the company plans to move forward its production schedule for the 65nm Pentium E2000 dual-core series and Celeron 400 series (430 and 440) processors from the third quarter... Read more...

Intel to stop production of four Pentium D CPUs by year-end

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:35:57 +0000

Intel informed its channel partners in Taiwan that it plans to stop manufacturing four desktop-use Pentium D processors (model numbers 830, 840, 930 and 940) by the end of 2006, according to channel sources. The... Read more...

Low-cost VT-free 65nm Pentium Ds to ship Q3?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:23:04 +0000

Intel appears to be preparing to release a second low-end Pentium D 9xx processor next quarter, in addition to the anticipated 925 chip that turned up on company roadmaps earlier this year. The two desktop... Read more...

Pentium D 820 vs. Athlon64 X2 4400+ Overclocking

Julio Franco — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:08:44 +0000

For the past few months I have been considering the idea of building a dual-core system, primarily for gaming. Although dual-core processors have not shown any real benefits over single-core in gaming applications, this should... Read more...

Review: Pentium Extreme Edition 955

Steven Parker — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:23:29 +0000

Today, MBReview has released their latest review to you, the readers. This time they've taken a look at Intel's flagship processor, the Extreme Edition 955. Sporting 4MB of Level 2 cache, and the long lost... Read more...

Intel Recalls Batch of Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Chips

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:39:52 +0000

Intel Corp. is recalling a batch of chips from the market due to problems with heatsink supplied in the box. According to The Inquirer web-site, which has managed to obtain an official confirmation from Intel... Read more...

Review: Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840

Steven Parker — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:14:44 +0000

After a short hiatus, MBReview is back with a quick review of Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 840. This processor is the dual core powerhouse for the Intel line of processors, excelling under multi-threaded and multi-tasking... Read more...

Pentium M to last for eight hours on single charge by 2008

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:57:24 +0000

The Intel Pentium M 'Yonah' dual-core processor is planned for the first quarter of next year. This 65nm mobile processor's FSB will be clocked at 667MHz and the target clock-rate for launch will likely be... Read more...

Intel adds DRM to Pentium D

Steven Parker — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:02:18 +0000

It looks like Intel has slipped some sort of DRM support into its recently released Pentium D and 945 chipset combo, but the exact nature of the support is as yet unknown. The following quote... Read more...

Intel's Pentium D Price Half That Of AMD's X2

Fri, 27 May 2005 13:16:09 +0000

As expected, Intel introduced three models of the Pentium D on Thursday: the 2.8-GHz Pentium D 820, the 3.0-GHz Pentium D 830, and the 3.2-GHz Pentium D 840. The three chips are priced at $241,... Read more...

Intel to Enable 64-bit Support for Low-Priced Pentium 4.

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 May 2005 15:03:28 +0000

Intel Corp. on Friday disclosed plans to enable 64-bit processing capability on a low-cost Intel Pentium 4 processor clocked at 2.66GHz. The chip is likely to be priced well below $163 and enable very low-cost... Read more...

Intel Discontinues Family of Intel Pentium M, Celeron Chips

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 May 2005 10:37:37 +0000

Intel Corp. announced intention to cease production of numerous Intel Pentium M and Intel Celeron M processors with 400MHz processor system bus. The plan includes various processors designed for older generation mobile infrastructure and indicates... Read more...

Dual-Core Pentium D Headed for May Launch

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:58:00 +0000

Acer plans to announce in May an Aspire desktop PC based on Intel's dual-core Pentium D processor, the company confirmed Tuesday. "Currently, it's being planned for launch around [the] second half of May," said Stella... Read more...

Dual-Core Pentium EE 840 Performance Preview

Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:26:44 +0000

There's a presentation slide that Intel recently sent us plotting time versus the performance of its processors and what tasks they've been designed to address. According to Intel, back in the days of its 486,... Read more...

Intel ships 64-bit, 2MB L2 Pentium 4s

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:42:49 +0000

Intel yesterday formally began selling its Pentium 4 6xx series, rolling out four versions of the 90nm, 2MB L2 cache chip. The chip giant also added its latest P4 Extreme Edition to its official price... Read more...

Intel 660 Extreme Edition 64bit Pentium 4 Processor Review

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:35:58 +0000

Tweaknews.net have posted their review of the Intel 660 Extreme Edition 64bit Pentium 4 Processor Review. Here's a snip: "With Windows x64 Edition nearing its' full release date, Intel has released their... Read more...

Intel unveils new class of Pentium 4s

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:15:24 +0000

Intel introduced a line of Pentium 4 desktop chips Sunday that contain 2MB of secondary cache, twice as much as current Pentium 4s, as well as technology from its notebook line that's designed to cut... Read more...

Intel Says New Mobile Chip Equals High-End Pentium 4

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:04:47 +0000

Notebook PCs based on the most powerful version of Intel's Centrino mobile technology now perform just as well as desktop PCs with Intel's fastest Pentium 4 processors, according to an Intel executive. During this week's... Read more...

Intel Pentium 4 "Prescott" Processors Can Enable 64bit?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:15:45 +0000

A Taiwan based web-site reported a rumour claiming there is a possibility to enable 64-bit capability on Intel's latest Pentium 4 microprocessors in LGA775 form-factor using a mainboard BIOS update. While the information may be... Read more...

Intel Preps Onslaught with New Pentium 4 Processors 600

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:35:56 +0000

Makers of mainboards, systems and other computer hardware equipment are reportedly testing the new Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 processors with enhanced performance and functionality, according to various sources in Taiwan. Intel Pentium 4 processors series... Read more...

Intel cans Pentium II

Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:37:03 +0000

It's amazing to see these things are still around, but this week Intel told its customers that it is to formally discontinue production of the Pentium II at 266, 333, 366 and 466MHz. Fortunately for... Read more...

Pentium 4 Reaches the Speed Limit

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:39:17 +0000

As expected, Intel has introduced a 3.8GHz Pentium 4 processor in what could represent the end of an era for the chip maker. The Pentium 4 570 processor at 3.8GHz will have the fastest clock... Read more...

Intel Close to Release Pentium 4 570J Chip

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:25:22 +0000

Intel Corp. maybe hours away from releasing its latest and last Pentium 4 processor based on the original Prescott core, according to various reports over the Web. The processor that will be clocked at 3.80GHz... Read more...

Pentium M Finds Its Place

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:39:07 +0000

Intel will likely add support for location-based services to its Pentium M line of mobile processors in 2006, a senior company executive says. As with cell phones, location-based services for computers are based on the... Read more...

Intel releases new leader of Pentium M pack

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:32:07 +0000

Intel on Wednesday released a new top-of-the-range processor for its family of chips for notebook computers. The Pentium M model 765 runs at 2.10GHz and features a 2MB cache, a 400MHz system... Read more...

Intel kills plans for 4GHz Pentium

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:20:19 +0000

Intel is dumping plans to release a Pentium 4 processor that runs at 4GHz, saying it will boost performance on next year's chips using other means than clock speed. The Santa Clara,... Read more...

Intel Ships "Execute Disable" Pentium 4's

Tue, 05 Oct 2004 04:59:09 +0000

Intel has introduced its first desktop processors to support what it calls Execute Disable Bit (EDB) technology - essentially the same code-disabling technology found in AMD, Transmeta and other CPUs, and used by Windows XP... Read more...

Intel plans faster bus for Pentium 4 Extreme Edition

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:17:12 +0000

Intel is planning to introduce a faster front-side bus on an upcoming version of its Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor that will help the firm increase the performance of its chips by improving a crucial... Read more...

Intel to Discontinue Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Processor

Sat, 07 Aug 2004 22:23:06 +0000

Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of microprocessors and supporting logic, Friday announced product discontinues plan for its original Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition microprocessor that was unveiled during IDF Fall 2003. "Market... Read more...