Intel Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Microprocessor

[puddleglum]

[citation][nom]f-14[/nom]my first intel processorCP1610 16-bit CPU running at 894.886 KHzwhich also came with my first activision games.[/citation]
f-14, I thought you'd be the first to point out that now we know the 1st microprocessor was actually Garrett AiResearch's MP994 chip in the F14 CADC.

 

[mavroxur]

Wish I had a 4004 in my collection... :-/

 

[jdwii]

I'm a Amd fan but i must admit Intel has came a long way. Good Job Intel and remember Graphics matter to.

Know but seriously good job and Without you guys we would be behind by a long time in the tech industry people need to remember that Amd used to copy Intel chips and reverse engineer them They stopped doing this around the K6 release When they took over(Teamed up) with Nextgen. Ha In a way if it was't for Intel we would probably not even have Amd.

 

[nforce4max]

Unmarked early production 386 16 mhz. Recently added a k6-3+ 400mhz 1.6v to my collection.

 

[funguseater]

My oldest working would be the WANG Z80 Mini-Computer (about 250 lbs.) sitting in the corner, still works too, and its from 78 !!!! or the 8088 I just got going again for playing CGA pirates!

 

[Hupiscratch]

I got two Pentium 4, socket 478, one @ 1.8 GHz and another @ 2.4 GHz. My current processor is a AMD Athlon 64 FX-60.

 

[NightLight]

[citation][nom]BlackHawk91[/nom]Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2[/citation]

I have a small museum here. I just can't throw them away. I have a 8086, a 386, a bunch of 486's, dx2 and the dx4 even (100MHz!!) Then the "intel overdrive" with the coolribs on top (not sure how many mhz) an ibm 586 (never worked properly), the dreaded amdK6-II (rubbish) , p1's, p2's, p3's and many more, all displayed in a nice case with glass over it, and i will keep going eventually my 2600k will end up in there too

 

[warmon6]

Just a fun fact from intel

 Had today’s 2nd gen Intel Core processor (actual size: 216mm2 / equals 0.33 sq. inch) been
manufactured in the historic 10µm process technology it would be as large as 21m2
(equals 227 sq. ft.). Or roughly 7m x 3m (equals 23ft x 10ft). Can you imagine a monster like that
inside your laptop?

Holy "beep"! Screw being inside a laptop, try fitting that into desktop or sever case of today!

 

[Netherscourge]

Pentium Pro!

75mhz


Eat your hearts out.

 

[spookyman]

[citation][nom]jdwii[/nom]I'm a Amd fan but i must admit Intel has came a long way. Good Job Intel and remember Graphics matter to. Know but seriously good job and Without you guys we would be behind by a long time in the tech industry people need to remember that Amd used to copy Intel chips and reverse engineer them They stopped doing this around the K6 release When they took over(Teamed up) with Nextgen. Ha In a way if it was't for Intel we would probably not even have Amd.[/citation]

No AMD and Intel both share the same x86 development and architecture from working with IBM in the early 80's developing the 286/386 platform for IBM. Or as referred to as the IBM AT.

 

[Martell1977]

I still have the 486DX2-66 from my first computer. DOn't have the mobo or any other part left from the comp though. After that I had a 486DX2-133 which was about as fast as a pentium 90 in some apps. After that I went to a AMD K6-2 300, then a P4 1.7ghz socket 478, then a P4 3.2ghz with HT on 775 and just this last december I upgraded that to a i7-950.

I had so much fun running Mechwarrior 2 and The 7th Guest (never had them installed at the same time due to the 256mb HDD the comp had) on that 486 that I still play them on my i7 with DosBox

 

[lp231]

Got a Pentium OverDrive 166MHz w/MMX

 

[lp231]

[citation][nom]Netherscourge[/nom]Pentium Pro!75mhzEat your hearts out.[/citation]
Looks like the Pentium Pro physical size is larger than Intel current SB-E?

 

[sykozis]

Not sure what my oldest Intel CPU was.....it was in an old Packard Bell LX-800 sold by Circuit City back in the mid-late 80's. I've also had an Intel 386SX. The oldest Intel processor that I still own is a Core 2 Quad Q9550.

 

[Pinhedd]

[citation][nom]BlackHawk91[/nom]Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2[/citation]

8088

 

[shafe88]

[citation][nom]BlackHawk91[/nom]Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2[/citation]

An old 75mhz Pentium s running windows 2000.

 

[darthvidor]

I had a Pentium 100 CPU glued on my casing but I replaced it with a Pentium 4 511 after it fell off and got lost.

 

[darkavenger123]

I am dissapointed...the latest i7 only 5000 faster than a 4004? I was expecting millions...progresss is indeed slow!!!

 

[knight_of_baawa]

Let's get back in time: Which is the oldest intel CPU that you currently have laying around? Mine is a not so old Intel 80486DX2

I have a 286 (in a ZIF socket mobo), and an 8088 in my Compaq Portable Plus.

 

[bier]

My first was 80386SX with 2MB RAM and 40MB HDD

 

[eddieroolz]

Got a Texas Instruments 486, but my real treasures are the 8xPentium 66MHz I have. Then it skips until Pentium 4 in 2.4 and 2.8GHz flavors.

 

[joemehnert]

not my oldest but my favorite looking is the gold top pentium pro

 

[ta152h]

[citation][nom]resetrsx[/nom]I have a 386DX-100 (100 mhz) in my attic.[/citation]

You must have made it yourself, since no one else did. AMD stopped at 40 MHz, Intel at 33 MHz.

 

[ta152h]

[citation][nom]Netherscourge[/nom]Pentium Pro!75mhzEat your hearts out.[/citation]

No such creature. They started at 150 Mhz, ended at 200 MHz. 486s and Pentiums were available at 75 MHz, although this was not at all popular for the 486. It was really a way to upgrade your 25 MHz based 486, I don't remember any machine being sold at 75 MHz 486.

 

[ta152h]

[citation][nom]spookyman[/nom]No AMD and Intel both share the same x86 development and architecture from working with IBM in the early 80's developing the 286/386 platform for IBM. Or as referred to as the IBM AT.[/citation]

In a word, horsecrap.

Intel was entirely the company developing x86 processors. IBM did insist that Intel have a second source (AMD) before they would commit to using it for the IBM PC.

The PC/AT was NOT a 386. There were three models (officially, although the XT 286 was more of an AT than an XT), the 139, 239, and 339. The first two were 6 MHz with one wait state. Even back then, there were overclockers, although it took a lot more skill than now. People were overclocking the 139s, so IBM put a timing loop in the 239 that prevented running it faster than 6 MHz. They also reduced the size of the motherboard (called Baby AT). The 339 jacked up the clock speed to 8 MHz. There was no 386.

After the PC/AT, IBM introduced the PS/2 line in 1987, with the PS/2 Model 80 as their first 386 machine.