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Dell plans October notebook refresh, rivals look to Pentium Pro
News However, two notebook makers who asked for anonymity said that they would skip the 150MHz Pentium in favour of Pentium Pro chips when they had designs that would be efficient at cooling the larger chip.
[August 8, 1996, 14:03]
New Pentium Pro to boast 1Mb L2 cache
News The Pentium Pro currently has a maximum of 512Kb of L2 cache. The fastest Pentium Pro in Intel's lineup today, the 200MHz with 512Kb of L2 cache, is priced at $1,035 in 1,000-unit quantities. The release of the beefy Pentium Pro will give...
[August 14, 1997, 9:07]
Five years ago: End is nigh for Pentium Pro
News Pentium Pro production is declining rapidly. Demand has gone through the roof for Pentium MMX and we've had strong orders for Pentium II so we're ramping as fast as we can," said an Intel UK spokeswoman.
[May 31, 2002, 8:06]
US Report: Xeon to replace Pentium Pro by summer
News As Intel gears up for the high-end Xeon processor, it is quickly winding down its Pentium with MMX and Pentium Pro CPUs. Xeon will replace the Pentium Pro, which has remained largely unchanged since its introduction in November, 1995.
[April 21, 1998, 9:14]
Intel still short of Pentium Pro chips
News Earlier this month, the chip giant said 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 conquered the Pentium problem but is still having...
[October 31, 1996, 12:12]
A Year Ago Today: Gateway wants a Pentium Pro in every home
News While rivals like Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Elonex are touting their Pentium Pro wares as workstations and servers, Gateway 2000 is pushing the chip for its top-end home user systems in readiness for the Christmas rush.
[August 27, 1997, 10:09]
One Year Ago: End is nigh for Pentium Pro
News Pentium Pro production is declining rapidly. Demand has gone through the roof for Pentium MMX and we've had strong orders for Pentium II so we're ramping as fast as we can," said an Intel UK spokeswoman.
[June 1, 1998, 6:00]
One Year Ago: Pentium Pro, Pentium II bug warning hits Intel
News Reports of a possible new bug in Pentium II and Pentium Pro processors could rain on Intel's parade as the chip giant announces Pentium II later today. For the Dan-0411 bug, the Pentium II and Pentium Pro processors fail to set this error flag in...
[May 5, 1998, 6:00]
Five years ago: End is nigh for Pentium Pro
News Pentium Pro production is declining rapidly. Demand has gone through the roof for Pentium MMX and we've had strong orders for Pentium II so we're ramping as fast as we can," said an Intel UK spokeswoman.
[June 5, 2002, 7:01]
Brother tops range with 200MHz Pentium Pro PC
News The Brother Professor 200 Multimedia Powerhouse PC (£2,160 + VAT) comes in a mini-tower design and has 32Mb RAM, 256Kb SPB cache, 2Gb hard drive, eight-speed CD-ROM drive, ATI graphics card and 17-inch monitor with built-in stereo speakers.
[November 5, 1996, 9:50]
Intel ships 1Mb cache Pentium Pro
News Intel said the doubled cache would be ideal for transaction processing, data warehousing and other intensive database applications. The firm expects typical configurations to be 4-CPU and larger symmetric multiprocessing servers.
[August 19, 1997, 10:37]
Five years ago: 200MHz Pentium appeal no match for Pentium Pro
News The [corporate] people who 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-bit computing. Even in consumer environments, the movement is towards 32...
[July 25, 2001, 8:00]
Pentium Pro, Pentium II bug warning hits Intel
News For the Dan-0411 bug, the Pentium II and Pentium Pro processors fail to set this error flag in many cases. Collins says he is uncertain as to the importance of the bug but claims the same problem did not occur in tests conducted with Pentium...
[May 6, 1997, 9:40]
End is nigh for Pentium Pro
News Pentium Pro production is declining rapidly. "Demand has gone through the roof for Pentium MMX and we've had strong orders for Pentium II so we're ramping as fast as we can," said an Intel UK spokeswoman.
[June 2, 1997, 11:55]
IBM PCs push dual-CPU, USB, MO hot buttons
News IBM will shortly launch machines designed to run dual Pentium Pro processors at prices under £3,000. And because they're Pentium Pro machines, not Pentium, they'll come with NT or Unix or OS/2, rather than 16-bit operating systems which slow the...
[September 2, 1996, 9:59]
One Year Ago: Intel owns up to chip bug
News Intel has owned up to the Dan-0411 bug that affects Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors. The erratum in the Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors is that the hardware returns the expected value, but may not signal the exception in all cases...
[May 11, 1998, 6:00]
Five years ago: Gateway wants a Pro in every home
News While rivals like Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Elonex are touting their Pentium Pro wares as workstations and servers, Gateway 2000 is pushing the chip for its top-end home user systems in readiness for the Christmas rush.
[August 24, 2001, 8:00]
Pro to overtake Pentium in 1997
News While nobody can dispute that the Pentium has been a big success in all sectors despite the maths flaw fiasco of 1994, the Pentium Pro is making strong inroads, particularly on the back of Windows NT sales as users catch on to the idea of a 32-bit...
[August 16, 1996, 16:09]
HP takes on Compaq in NT workstations
News The new products will be sold under the Vectra XW name, starting with a base configuration of 200MHz Pentium Pro, 256Kb cache, 64Mb (expandable to 512Mb) ECC DIMM RAM, 2Gb Ultra-SCSI hard drive, eight-speed CD-ROM drive, AccelPRO TX 2500 3D...
[August 27, 1996, 11:18]
A Year Ago Today: IBM PCs push dual-CPU, USB, MO hot buttons
News IBM will shortly launch machines designed to run dual Pentium Pro processors at prices under £3,000. And because they're Pentium Pro machines, not Pentium, they'll come with NT or Unix or OS/2, rather than 16-bit operating systems which slow the...
[September 2, 1997, 9:45]
