A developer managed to run Windows 7 on a PC with a 5Mhz Pentium CPU, which is 200 times lower than the official requirement. However, it needed loads of tweaks and tinkerings to make it possible.
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Intel is officially going to kill the Pentium and Celeron brandings 30 years after the former was first introduced. The company said its mobile SKUs will lose this branding next year.
Windows 11 requirements can be checked using the PC Health Check app that Microsoft released. However, it seems the app is misidentifying a hyper-threaded Pentium 4 as a CPU officially supported.
Today, Intel announced some new chips from its budget lines, including Pentium Silver and Celeron, both of which are built on its Gemini Lake architecture, and include gigabit Wi-Fi.
Intel posted a bulletin regarding a security vulnerability that affects most of its modern chips, including 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-generation Core processors, along with Xeon, Atom, and Celeron chips.
At the 2016 Intel Developers Forum in Shenzen, the company announced the 14nm Apollo Lake platform, which will power low cost computers for modern content consumption with improved battery life.
To mark the 20th anniversary of its Pentium brand, Intel has released a special fully unlocked Haswell dual-core Pentium G3258 for $72 -- just what the overclocking community has been waiting for.
Intel has revealed more details on its family of processors that will use its Bay Trail architecture, which will be inside upcoming Windows 8.1 and Android tablets later this year.
Intel plans to use its upcoming Bay Trail processor design in upcoming Celeron and Pentium chips, in addition to Atom chips, that will be made for low end PCs and tablets.
Intel's Pentium range of processors has celebrated its 20th birthday on Friday, with the original P5 chip coming out on March 22, 1993 in super-fast 60 MHz and 66 MHz variants
The Core 2 range has been highly successful for Intel, delivering unbeatable performance at a price many have been unable to refuse. However, not to be outdone with such a successful product Intel has quietly...
According to sources familiar with Intel's plans, the company plans to move forward its production schedule for the 65nm Pentium E2000 dual-core series and Celeron 400 series (430 and 440) processors from the third quarter...
Intel informed its channel partners in Taiwan that it plans to stop manufacturing four desktop-use Pentium D processors (model numbers 830, 840, 930 and 940) by the end of 2006, according to channel sources. The...
Intel appears to be preparing to release a second low-end Pentium D 9xx processor next quarter, in addition to the anticipated 925 chip that turned up on company roadmaps earlier this year. The two desktop...
For the past few months I have been considering the idea of building a dual-core system, primarily for gaming. Although dual-core processors have not shown any real benefits over single-core in gaming applications, this should...
Today, MBReview has released their latest review to you, the readers. This time they've taken a look at Intel's flagship processor, the Extreme Edition 955. Sporting 4MB of Level 2 cache, and the long lost...
Intel Corp. is recalling a batch of chips from the market due to problems with heatsink supplied in the box. According to The Inquirer web-site, which has managed to obtain an official confirmation from Intel...
After a short hiatus, MBReview is back with a quick review of Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 840. This processor is the dual core powerhouse for the Intel line of processors, excelling under multi-threaded and multi-tasking...
The Intel Pentium M 'Yonah' dual-core processor is planned for the first quarter of next year. This 65nm mobile processor's FSB will be clocked at 667MHz and the target clock-rate for launch will likely be...
It looks like Intel has slipped some sort of DRM support into its recently released Pentium D and 945 chipset combo, but the exact nature of the support is as yet unknown. The following quote...
As expected, Intel introduced three models of the Pentium D on Thursday: the 2.8-GHz Pentium D 820, the 3.0-GHz Pentium D 830, and the 3.2-GHz Pentium D 840. The three chips are priced at $241,...
Intel Corp. on Friday disclosed plans to enable 64-bit processing capability on a low-cost Intel Pentium 4 processor clocked at 2.66GHz. The chip is likely to be priced well below $163 and enable very low-cost...
Intel Corp. announced intention to cease production of numerous Intel Pentium M and Intel Celeron M processors with 400MHz processor system bus. The plan includes various processors designed for older generation mobile infrastructure and indicates...
Acer plans to announce in May an Aspire desktop PC based on Intel's dual-core Pentium D processor, the company confirmed Tuesday. "Currently, it's being planned for launch around [the] second half of May," said Stella...
There's a presentation slide that Intel recently sent us plotting time versus the performance of its processors and what tasks they've been designed to address. According to Intel, back in the days of its 486,...
Intel yesterday formally began selling its Pentium 4 6xx series, rolling out four versions of the 90nm, 2MB L2 cache chip. The chip giant also added its latest P4 Extreme Edition to its official price...
Tweaknews.net have posted their review of the Intel 660 Extreme Edition 64bit Pentium 4 Processor Review. Here's a snip: "With Windows x64 Edition nearing its' full release date, Intel has released their...
Intel introduced a line of Pentium 4 desktop chips Sunday that contain 2MB of secondary cache, twice as much as current Pentium 4s, as well as technology from its notebook line that's designed to cut...
Notebook PCs based on the most powerful version of Intel's Centrino mobile technology now perform just as well as desktop PCs with Intel's fastest Pentium 4 processors, according to an Intel executive. During this week's...
A Taiwan based web-site reported a rumour claiming there is a possibility to enable 64-bit capability on Intel's latest Pentium 4 microprocessors in LGA775 form-factor using a mainboard BIOS update. While the information may be...
Makers of mainboards, systems and other computer hardware equipment are reportedly testing the new Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 processors with enhanced performance and functionality, according to various sources in Taiwan. Intel Pentium 4 processors series...
It's amazing to see these things are still around, but this week Intel told its customers that it is to formally discontinue production of the Pentium II at 266, 333, 366 and 466MHz. Fortunately for...
As expected, Intel has introduced a 3.8GHz Pentium 4 processor in what could represent the end of an era for the chip maker. The Pentium 4 570 processor at 3.8GHz will have the fastest clock...
Intel Corp. maybe hours away from releasing its latest and last Pentium 4 processor based on the original Prescott core, according to various reports over the Web. The processor that will be clocked at 3.80GHz...
Intel will likely add support for location-based services to its Pentium M line of mobile processors in 2006, a senior company executive says. As with cell phones, location-based services for computers are based on the...
Intel on Wednesday released a new top-of-the-range processor for its family of chips for notebook computers. The Pentium M model 765 runs at 2.10GHz and features a 2MB cache, a 400MHz system...
Intel is dumping plans to release a Pentium 4 processor that runs at 4GHz, saying it will boost performance on next year's chips using other means than clock speed. The Santa Clara,...
Intel has introduced its first desktop processors to support what it calls Execute Disable Bit (EDB) technology - essentially the same code-disabling technology found in AMD, Transmeta and other CPUs, and used by Windows XP...
Intel is planning to introduce a faster front-side bus on an upcoming version of its Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor that will help the firm increase the performance of its chips by improving a crucial...
Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of microprocessors and supporting logic, Friday announced product discontinues plan for its original Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition microprocessor that was unveiled during IDF Fall 2003. "Market...