Intel Unveils Pentium Pro Processor, Set to Revolutionize Performance

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Intel Corporation today announced the "Pentium Pro processor," a next-generation microprocessor that promises to deliver the highest level of performance on 32-bit software for the Intel architecture. The 5.5 million transistor device will be introduced in the fourth quarter of this calendar year and will target workstation and high-end desktop systems, as well as cost-effective servers. The Pentium Pro processor will benefit from the already high awareness level of the Pentium brand, which boasts an awareness level of up to 95% among target market segments, according to Intel's research.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Pentium Pro processor is the first product of Intel's parallel engineering effort, conceived in the early 1990s as a Dynamic Execution engine.
  • The processor will be introduced in the fourth quarter of this calendar year and will target workstation and high-end desktop systems, as well as cost-effective servers.
  • The Pentium Pro processor will deliver the highest level of performance on 32-bit software for the Intel architecture.
  • The compressed design cycles of new generations of chips have resulted in the delivery of some of the most powerful, low-cost microprocessors for a widening spectrum of uses.
  • Intel was recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to build a 9,000-processor computer based on the Pentium Pro processor that will deliver 10 times the performance of today's fastest supercomputers.
  • For more information on the Pentium Pro processor, visit Intel's home page on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.intel.com.

Statistics:

  • 5.5 million transistors will be included in the Pentium Pro processor.
  • The processor will be introduced in the fourth quarter of this calendar year.
  • Awareness level of the Pentium brand among target market segments is up to 95% (according to Intel's research).
  • The 9,000-processor computer built by Intel based on the Pentium Pro processor will deliver 10 times the performance of today's fastest supercomputers.

Sources:

  • Intel Corporation (Sept. 19, 1995)
  • http://www.intel.com/ (Intel's home page on the World Wide Web)