Title:
Intel® Pentium® III Microprocessor Package, 1999
Creator:
Intel Corporation
Subject:
Electronic industries; Intel microprocessors; Microprocessor packages;
Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Semiconductor
wafers; Technology;
Description:
Enlarged color photograph of the Intel® Pentium® III microprocessor package.
Clock Speeds: 450, 500, 550, and 600 MHz. Number of transistors: 9.5 million (0.25
micron process). L2 cache: 512 KB. System Bus Speed: 100 MHz. System Bus Width: 64 bit
system bus. Addressable Memory: 64 Gigabytes. Intel's Pentium® III processors are built
on 8-inch wafers. The Pentium® III processor features 70 new instructions--Internet
Streaming SIMD extensions-- that dramatically enhance the performance of advanced
imaging, 3-D, streaming audio, video and speech recognition applications. It was
designed to significantly enhance Internet experiences, allowing users to do such things
as browse through realistic online museums and stores and download high-quality video.
The processor incorporates 9.5 million transistors, and was introduced using 0.25-micron
technology. Introduced: Feb. 26, 1999 (450, 500 MHz), May 17, 1999 (550 MHz), Aug. 2,
1999 (600 MHz).
Publisher:
Intel Museum Archives
Contributor:
Intel Microprocessor Packages
Date:
1999 1999
Type:
Photograph
Format:
13 x 18 cm.
Identifier:
cstcli 2002.7409 -000336119
Source:
lcsh, local
Language:
eng
Relation:
Silicon Valley History Online
Coverage:
ark:/13030/kt700021fn
Rights:
Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1999. All Rights Reserved. Transmission and
reproduction of a single copy of this work for non-commercial use in research or
teaching in the United States is permitted if Intel is credited as the source of the
work. The work must remain intact, as a complete whole and may not be combined with any
other image or work to create a new document. Copyright ©Intel Corporation 1999. All
Rights Reserved. Transmission and reproduction of a single copy of this work for
non-commercial use in research or teaching in the United States is permitted if Intel is
credited as the source of the work. The work must remain intact, as a complete whole and
may not be combined with any other image or work to create a new document.