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New Pentium Pro to boast 1Mb L2 cache

The Pentium Pro currently has a maximum of 512Kb of L2 cache. Cache is... Read more

14 August, 1997 by Lisa DiCarlo

How Intel's supercomputer almost used HP chips

...be the world's top-ranked supercomputer: it looked like its new Pentium Pro processors at the heart of the system might not arrive in... Read more

24 September, 2009 by Stephen Shankland

One Year Ago: End is nigh for Pentium Pro

...re ramping as fast as we can," said an Intel UK spokeswoman. "Pentium Pro production is declining rapidly. Originally we had it on the roadmap... Read more

1 June, 1998 by Martin Veitch

A Year Ago Today: Gateway wants a Pentium Pro in every home

While rivals like Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Elonex are touting their Pentium Pro wares as workstations and servers, Gateway 2000 is pushing the chip... Read more

27 August, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Intel ships 1Mb cache Pentium Pro

Intel yesterday released a version of the 200MHz Pentium Pro processor with 1Mb of Level 2 cache aimed at specialist server... Read more

19 August, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Intel still short of Pentium Pro chips

...it was experiencing shortages of 100MHz, 133MHz and 166MHz Pentiums and 200MHz Pentium Pro processors, caused by poor yields. The chip giant says it has... Read more

31 October, 1996 by Martin Veitch

Intel sales pass $5 billion for Q3

Intel said better than expected sales of Pentium and Pentium Pro chips were responsible for sales of $5.1 billion for its... Read more

15 October, 1996 by Martin Veitch

Intel's P6 to live on in low-power chip

...saving power but will effectively feature the same computing core as the Pentium Pro, which debuted in 1996. "The P6 architecture in this morphed version... Read more

16 October, 2001 by Michael Kanellos

Intel says Pro/1Mb cache shortage nearly over

Intel today said its shortage of Pentium Pro processors with a 1Mb cache won't be a problem much... Read more

26 November, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Pre-Christmas rush makes components scarce

Intel 200MHz Pentium Pro chips, 2Gb and 4Gb hard drives and even 12.1-inch... Read more

28 November, 1996 by Arif Mohamed

Five years ago: 200MHz Pentium appeal no match for Pentium Pro

...are looking for a top-performance system we are steering towards the Pentium Pro because our customers are looking for longevity and that means 32... Read more

25 July, 2001 by Martin Veitch

US Report: Xeon to replace Pentium Pro by summer

...Xeon processor, it is quickly winding down its Pentium with MMX and Pentium Pro CPUs. The company said yesterday that the Xeon Pentium II processors... Read more

21 April, 1998 by ZDNet

Pentium Pro, Pentium II bug warning hits Intel

...mandate such behaviour. For the Dan-0411 bug, the Pentium II and Pentium Pro processors fail to set this error flag in many cases." Collins... Read more

6 May, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Five years ago: End is nigh for Pentium Pro

...re ramping as fast as we can," said an Intel UK spokeswoman. "Pentium Pro production is declining rapidly. Originally we had it on the roadmap... Read more

5 June, 2002 by Martin Veitch

Five years ago: End is nigh for Pentium Pro

...re ramping as fast as we can," said an Intel UK spokeswoman. "Pentium Pro production is declining rapidly. Originally we had it on the roadmap... Read more

31 May, 2002 by Martin Veitch

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