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The document discusses the speeds of various Pentium cores from the Pentium Pro to Pentium 4, ranging from 150-450 MHz. It also discusses the naming conventions of Intel microprocessors and different competitors to Intel like Cyrix, AMD, and Apple's M1 chips.

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Computer Systems Article 2

The document discusses the speeds of various Pentium cores from the Pentium Pro to Pentium 4, ranging from 150-450 MHz. It also discusses the naming conventions of Intel microprocessors and different competitors to Intel like Cyrix, AMD, and Apple's M1 chips.

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NAME: GITONGA IAN KIMANI

REG NO: SCS3/1879/2023

1.SPEEDS OF VARIOUS PENTIUM CORES

The Pentium series of microprocessors was introduced by intel in the year 1993 as a successor to the
intel 80486 microprocessor. It proceeded to have four more microprocessors produced under it namely:
Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4 and the Pentium pro.

The Pentium pro was the first in the series. Launched in the year 1995, it could reach clock rates of
between 150 – 200 MHz's The Pentium II was launched in 1997 and came with about 7.5 million
transistors. It could reach maximum CPU clock rates of between 230 – 450 MHz's The Pentium III was
launched in early 1999 and could reach speeds of between 400 MHz and 1.4GHz. The Pentium 4 was
launched in the year 2000 and could reach speeds of between 1.3 - 3.8 GHz.

2.NAMING OF THE INTEL MICROPROCESSORS

The naming of each intel microprocessor in the core I-series follows a given pattern. Intel decided on this
naming convention as they wanted to avoid confusion with the number of cores that each member of
the series had. They also wanted to differentiate the processors based on marketing purposes into high,
mid and low-end performance processors.

3.CYRIX, AMD AND M1 PROCESSORS

Cyrix began as a microprocessor developer corporation in 1988 in Richardson, Texas. It began as a


supplier of floating-point units for the 286 and 386 microprocessors and later began production of their
own line of processors. Though their line of microprocessors was affordable and consumed a lower
amount of power compared to the intel processors their performance was lower.

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is a semiconductor company which was started in the year 1969 by
Walter Jeremiah Sanders. It designs microprocessors, graphics cards and other hardware components
for computers. AMD processors are mainly suited for gaming computers. This is due to their high
compatibility with various graphics cards in the market.

The M1 chips were made for apple computers. Previously apple used intel cores in their computers but
in the year 2020 they started to develop their own chips known as the M1 chips. They are optimized for
small size and power efficiency. They are developed specifically for the apple operating system hence
face the issue of incompatibility with intel apps.

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