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Re: First Intel Pentium Chip Came Out 33 Years Ago

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On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 03:21:47 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2026-03-22, Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-03-22, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> 1993 was also the year the Apple-IBM-Motorola alliance first showed
>>> off their PowerPC chips. Those initial 60- and 66-MHz Pentiums were
>>> the butt of merciless jokes, not just over their inferior performance,
>>> but how it looked even worse if you compared performance per watt of
>>> power consumed.
>>
>> Don't forget its IEEE754 operation performance, especially where
>> division is concerned :-P
> 
> "I am Pentium of Borg.  Division is futile.  You will be approximated."

Intel did in fact replace three chips for me.



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First Intel Pentium Chip Came Out 33 Years Ago Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-22 23:12 +0000
  Re: First Intel Pentium Chip Came Out 33 Years Ago Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-22 23:43 +0000
    Re: First Intel Pentium Chip Came Out 33 Years Ago Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-03-23 03:21 +0000
      Re: First Intel Pentium Chip Came Out 33 Years Ago Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2026-03-23 09:55 +0000

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