Intel Microprocessor History

Ramzi Shihadeh Alqrainy

Intel 4004

*1969

*Clock speed : 108 KHz

*Number of transistors:

2300

*4-bit register and 4-bit data bus.

The world first microprocessor

Intel 8008

*1972

*Clock speed : 800 KHz

*Number of transistor:

3500

*8-bit register and 8-bit data bus.

Intel 8080

*1974

*Clock speed : 2 MHz

*Number of transistor :

4500

*8-bit register and data bus.

Intel 8086

*1978

*Clock speed : 4.47 MHz

*Number of transistors:

29000

*16-bit register and data bus.

Intel 8088

*1981

*Clock speed : 4,47 MHz

*Number of transistors:

29000

*16-bit register and data bus.

The worlds first PC ran on an Intel 8088 microprocessor

Intel 286

*1982

*Clock speed: 12 MHz

*Number of transistor:

134000

*16-bit register and data bus.

Intel 386

*1985

*Clock speed: 16 MHz

*Number of transistors:

275000

*32-bit register and data bus.

Intel 486

*1989

*Clock speed: 25 MHz

*Number of transistor:

1,200,000

*32-bit register and data bus.

Intel Pentium

*1993

*Clock speed: 66 MHz

*Number of transistor:

3,300,000

*32-bit register and data bus.

Intel Pentium pro

*1995

*Clock speed: 200 MHz

*Number of transistor:

5,500,000

*32-bit register and data bus.

Intel Pentium||

*1997

*Clock speed: 300 MHz

*Number of transistor:

7,500,000

*32-bit register and data bus.

Intel Pentium|||

*1999

*Clock speed: 500 MHz

*Number of transistor:

9,500,000

*32-bit register and data bus.

Intel Pentium 4

*2000

*Clock speed: 1 GHz

*Number of transistor:

15,500,000

*64-bit register and data bus.

Intel Pentium D

*2005

*Clock speed: 3.6 GHz

*Number of transistor:

47,500,000

*32-bit register and data bus.

Intel Core 2 / Quad

*2006/2007

*Clock speed: 3.6 GHz

*Number of transistor:

214,500,000

*32-bit register and data bus.

Core i3

*The first Core i3 processors were launched on January 7, 2010

*Variants530 – 2.93 GHz Hyper-Threading

- 540 – 3.06 GHz Hyper-Threading

- 550 – 3.2 GHz Hyper-Threading

- 560 – 3.33 GHz Hyper-Threading

64 Kb L1 cache

512 Kb L2 cache

4 MB L3 cache

Core i5

*  The first Core i5 was introduced on September 8, 2009

*Variants650/655K – 3.2 GHz Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost

- 660/661 – 3.33 GHz Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost

- 670 – 3.46 GHz Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost

- 680 – 3.60 GHz Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost

64 Kb L1 cache 512 Kb L2 cache 4 MB L3 cache

Core i7

Introduce 2008 but , In January 2011, Intel released a line of Sandy Bridge based chips under the Core i7 brand.

Variants940XM Extreme Edition - 2.13 GHz/3.33 GHz Turbo Boost (8 MB L3, TDP 55W)

– 920XM Extreme Edition - 2.00 GHz/3.20 GHz Turbo Boost (8 MB L3, TDP 55W)

– 840QM - 1.86 GHz/3.20 GHz Turbo Boost (8 MB L3, TDP 45W)– 820QM - 1.73 GHz/3.06 GHz Turbo Boost (8 MB L3, TDP 45W)– 740QM - 1.73 GHz/2.93 GHz Turbo Boost (6 MB L3, TDP 45W)– 720QM - 1.60 GHz/2.80 GHz Turbo Boost (6 MB L3, TDP 45W)