AMD’s K6 range drew heavily from the Nx686 design and when launched in 1997 mounted a serious challenge to Intel's Pentium ...

[Ken Shirriff] has been sharing a really low-level look at Intel’s Pentium (1993) processor. The Pentium’s architecture was highly innovative in many ways, and one of [Ken]’s most recent discoveries ...

The early 1990s were an interesting time in the PC world, mainly because PCs were entering the zeitgeist for the first time. This was fueled in part by companies like Intel and AMD going head-to-head ...

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Chipmaker Intel Corporation (INTC) has agreed to settle a 10 year old Pentium 4 Benchmark Manipulation Class Action Lawsuit by offering $15 to Pentium 4-powered PC owners. The eligible buyers will ...

As I wrote my recent Prescott article, it seemed to me that what I was really writing was something very much like the final article in a series of articles on the growth and development of the ...

Processors AMD claims Intel's CES comparisons are 'not even a fair fight'; Intel says AMD is 'selling ancient silicon'—but they're both guilty of using confusing tactics Gaming Laptops Intel had the ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...

Continuing to use an old processor for business machines can save money, as long as it doesn't slow you down. First released in 2000, the Pentium 4 family of Intel central processing unit chips sold ...

Today, Intel has announced it's next Pentium Extreme Edition processor, which is based on the 65 nanometre core, codenamed Presler. It's the first of Intel's second generation dual core CPUs, and it ...

Intel on Sunday dropped prices on a range of Pentium 4 processors, some by more than a third. The fastest version of the chip, the 3.6GHz Pentium 4 560, dropped by 35 percent from $637 to $417. The ...

Folks, this isn't your ordinary, average Friday. Why, you ask? Well, we've got a birthday to celebrate, and it's quite a milestone at that. Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Pentium processor, ...