Pentium chip announced by Intel
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INTEL UNVEILS NAME FOR ITS FIFTH
GENERATION COMPATIBLE MICROPROCESSOR
SANTA CLARA, CALIF., October 19, 1992 -- Intel departed from tradition
today in announcing that the fifth generation of its compatible
microprocessor line would be named the Pentium* processor rather than
the 586.
The Pentium microprocessor, scheduled for introduction in
the first quarter of 1993, will power advanced personal computers,
workstations and super servers promising features such as improved
graphics, better networking and video to desktop PCs.
Systems based on the Pentium processor will be fully
compatible with the 100 million personal computers using Intel's earlier
8088, 286, Intel386* and Intel486* microprocessors.
"The natural course would be to call this chip the `586', "
said Andrew S. Grove, president and chief executive officer.
"Unfortunately, we may not able to trademark those numbers, which
means that any company might call any chip a 586, even if it doesn't
measure up to the real thing."
The Pentium processor will integrate over 3 million
transistors on a chip, and will
process greater than 100 million instructions per second. It will be
compatible with over 50,000 software programs written to date for the
Intel architecture.
Intel is an international manufacturer of microcomputer
components, modules and systems. --30--
Intel386, Intel486, Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation.