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35-544: By 1989, AST had left the Apple market and sold the rights and technologies for the Mac286 and Mac86 cards to Orange Micro . Orange Micro would later make a successful line of coprocessor cards based on the 80x86 processor family, before leaving the coprocessor market to concentrate on USB and FireWire products. In 1992, Orange Micro discontinued the Mac286 board. Support for the card was discontinued sometime later. The Mac86

70-559: A software based solution. Since SoftPC was an emulator , it was much slower than the Orange Micro offerings, which used real PC hardware. Later in its life, the company focused more on its OrangeLink FireWire based products. This included FireWire controllers, hubs , webcams , and digital cameras , such as the iBot . Pentium (brand) Pentium is a series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel from 1993 to 2023. The original Pentium

105-814: A maximum of 1.7 GB of memory, for resolutions up to 4096×2304 @ 60 Hz using Display Port supporting up to 3 displays. In Q1 2017 Intel released the Kaby Lake -based Pentium G4560; it is the first Pentium-branded CPU since the NetBurst -based Pentium 4 to support hyper-threading , a feature available in some " Core "-branded products. Features include a clock speed of 3.5 GHz with four threads, 3 MB of L3 cache and Intel HD 610 integrated graphics. All Coffee Lake Pentium processors support Hyper-threading , and integrated Intel UHD Graphics . All Comet Lake Pentium processors support Hyper-threading , and integrated Intel UHD 610 Graphics . Due to its prominence,

140-580: A new Pentium G6950 processor based on the Clarkdale design was introduced based on the Westmere refresh of Nehalem, which were followed by the mobile P6xxx based on Arrandale a few months later. On January 7, 2010, Intel launched a new Pentium model using the Clarkdale chip in parallel with other desktop and mobile CPUs based on their new Westmere microarchitecture. The first model in this series

175-646: Is the Pentium G6950. The Clarkdale chip is also used in the Core i3-5xx and Core i5-6xx series and features a 32 nm process (as it is based on the Westmere microarchitecture), integrated memory controller and 45 nm graphics controller and a third-level cache. In the Pentium series, some features of Clarkdale are disabled, including AES-NI , hyper-threading (versus Core i3), and the graphics controller in

210-627: The 80486 processor and were marketed from 1993 to 1999. Some versions of these were available as Pentium OverDrive that would fit into older CPU sockets . In parallel with the P5 microarchitecture, Intel developed the P6 microarchitecture and started marketing it as the Pentium Pro for the high-end market in 1995. It introduced out-of-order execution and an integrated second-level cache on dual-chip processor package. The second P6 generation replaced

245-531: The Mac286 name for a time, later offerings were based on the 80386 , 80486 , and Pentium lines. Additional cards offered support for AMD , Cyrix , and IDT processors, offering a lower cost. An example of such a PC compatibility card was the OrangePC Model 220. This card, for NuBus -based Macintoshes, included a 66 MHz 486DX2 and 8MB of preinstalled memory. In December 1995, its retail price

280-857: The Celeron and Core series, continuing with the Pentium Dual-Core line. In 2009, the "Dual-Core" suffix was dropped, and new x86 processors started carrying the plain Pentium name again. In 2014, Intel released the Pentium 20th Anniversary Edition , to mark the 20th anniversary of the Pentium brand. These processors are unlocked and highly overclockable. In 2017, Intel split the Pentium branding into two line-ups. Pentium Silver targets low-power devices and shares architecture with Atom and Celeron, while Pentium Gold targets entry-level desktops and uses existing architecture, such as Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake . In September 2022, Intel announced that

315-572: The Core microarchitecture use the Allendale and Wolfdale -3M designs for desktop processors and Merom -2M for mobile processors. In 2009, Intel changed the naming system for Pentium processors, renaming the Wolfdale-3M based processors to Pentium , without the Dual-Core name, and introduced new single- and dual-core processors based on Penryn under the Pentium name. The Penryn core is

350-618: The LGA1150 socket form factor. Broadwell-based Pentiums were launched in Q1 2015 using a 14 nm process (e.g. the dual-core 1.9 GHz Intel Pentium 3805U with 2 MB cache). They used the FCBGA1168 socket. Skylake-based Pentium processors support up to 64 GB RAM. Features like Turbo Boost , Intel vPro , Hyper-Threading are not available. Supports AES-NI and RDRAND . Integrated graphics are provided by Intel HD Graphics 510, utilizing

385-580: The P6 microarchitecture named Pentium M , which was much more power-efficient than the Mobile Pentium 4, Pentium 4 M, and Pentium III M. Dual-core versions of the Pentium M were developed under the code name Yonah and sold under the marketing names Core Duo and Pentium Dual-Core . Unlike Pentium D, it integrated both cores on one chip. From this point, the Intel Core brand name was used for

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420-540: The PCfx! was marketed as a way for Macintosh users to play PC games. The need for such specialized compatibility hardware was eliminated after the Mac transition to Intel processors , particularly after the release of Boot Camp and virtualization software such as Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion . Competitors to the Orange Micro compatibility solutions at the time of its heyday included SoftPC or SoftWindows ,

455-708: The Pentium II, the Celeron brand was used for low-end versions of most Pentium processors with a reduced feature set such as a smaller cache or missing power management features. In 2000, Intel introduced a new microarchitecture named NetBurst , with a much longer pipeline enabling higher clock frequencies than the P6-based processors. Initially, these were named Pentium 4 , and the high-end versions have since been named simply Xeon . As with Pentium III, there are both Mobile Pentium 4 and Pentium 4 M processors for

490-531: The Pentium SU4000 series together with the Celeron SU2000 and Core 2 Duo SU7000 series, which are dual-core CULV processors based on Penryn-3M and using 800 MHz FSB. The Pentium SU4000 series has 2 MB L2 cache but is otherwise basically identical to the other two lines. The Nehalem microarchitecture was introduced in late 2008 as a successor to the Core microarchitecture, and in early 2010,

525-415: The Pentium and Celeron brands were to be replaced with the new "Intel Processor" branding for low-end processors in laptops from 2023 onwards. This applied to desktops using Pentium and Celeron processors as well, and both brands were discontinued in 2023 in favor of "Intel Processor" branded processors. The original Intel P5 or Pentium and Pentium MMX processors were the superscalar follow-on to

560-586: The Pentium brand was split up into two separate lines using the Pentium name: Pentium Silver, aiming for low-power devices using the Atom and Celeron architectures; and Pentium Gold, aiming for entry-level desktop and using existing architectures such as Kaby Lake or Coffee Lake . In September 2022, Intel announced that the Pentium and Celeron brands were to be replaced with the new "Intel Processor" branding for low-end processors in laptops from 2023 onwards. This applied to desktops using Pentium processors as well, and

595-423: The Pentium runs at 533 MHz, while in the Core i3 i3-5xx series they run at 733 MHz, and Dual Video Decode that enables Blu-ray picture-in picture hardware acceleration, and support for Deep Color and xvYCC . The memory controller in the Pentium supports DDR3-1066 max, the same as the Core i3 i3-5xx series. The L3 cache is also 1 MB less than in the Core i3-5xx series. The Sandy Bridge microarchitecture

630-423: The architecture used in Atom and that of Core processors. In the case of Atom architectures, Pentiums were the highest performance implementations of the architecture. Pentium processors with Core architectures prior to 2017 were distinguished from the faster, higher-end i-series processors by lower clock rates and disabling some features, such as hyper-threading , virtualization and sometimes L3 cache . In 2017,

665-486: The firm's first P5-based processor was released as the original Intel Pentium on March 22, 1993. Marketing firm Lexicon Branding was hired to coin a name for the new processor. The suffix -ium was chosen as it could connote a fundamental ingredient of a computer, like a chemical element , while the prefix pent- could refer to the fifth generation of x86. Due to its success, the Pentium brand would continue through several generations of high-end processors. In 2006,

700-410: The laptop market, with Pentium 4 M denoting the more power-efficient versions. Enthusiast versions of the Pentium 4 with the highest clock rates were named Pentium 4 Extreme Edition . The Pentium D was the first multi-core Pentium, integrating two Pentium 4 chips in one package and was available as the enthusiast Pentium Extreme Edition . In 2003, Intel introduced a new processor based on

735-579: The mainstream Intel processors, and the Pentium brand became a low-end version between Celeron and Core. All Pentium M based designs including Yonah are for the mobile market. The Pentium Dual-Core name continued to be used when the Yonah design was extended with 64-bit support, now named the Core microarchitecture . This eventually replaced all NetBurst-based processors across the four brands Celeron, Pentium, Core, and Xeon. Pentium Dual-Core processors based on

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770-605: The market for third-party Apple hardware developing peripherals for the Apple II . Notably, the company developed the famed Grappler+ card, providing easy way to print Graphics on old dot matrix printers , and later a parallel port adapter for the Apple IIc . It also developed memory extensions cards for the Apple IIGS . In the early 1990s, Orange Micro introduced what were described as " DOS compatibility cards ". This

805-466: The most common. The Mac286 software provides emulation of the following additional hardware: Orange Micro Orange Micro Inc. was an American computer hardware company that made products for use with Apple computers. The company made a variety of products for many machines, ranging from the Apple II to the Macintosh line. The company went out of business in 2004. Orange Micro entered

840-460: The name briefly disappeared from Intel's technology roadmaps , only to re-emerge in 2007. In 1998, Intel introduced the Celeron brand for low-priced processors. With the 2006 introduction of the Intel Core brand as the company's new flagship line of processors, the Pentium series was to be discontinued. However, due to a demand for mid-range dual-core processors, the Pentium brand was repurposed to be Intel's mid-range processor series, between

875-546: The naming convention of prior generations ( 286 , i386 , i486 ). However, as the firm wanted to prevent their competitors from branding their processors with similar names (as AMD had done with their Am486 ), Intel filed a trademark application on the name in the United States, but was denied because a series of numbers was considered to lack trademark distinctiveness . Following Intel's prior series of 8086 , 80186 , 80286 , 80386 , and 80486 microprocessors,

910-690: The original P5 with the Pentium II and rebranded the high-end version as Pentium II Xeon . It was followed by a third version named the Pentium III and Pentium III Xeon respectively. The Pentium II line added the MMX instructions that were also present in the Pentium MMX. Versions of these processors for the laptop market were initially named Mobile Pentium II and Mobile Pentium III , later versions were named Pentium III-M . Starting with

945-644: The successor to the Merom core and Intel's 45 nm version of their mobile series of Pentium processors. The FSB frequency is increased from 667 MHz to 800 MHz, and the voltage is lowered. Intel released the first Penryn Core, the Pentium T4200, in December 2008. In June 2009, Intel released the first single-core processor to use the Pentium name, a Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage (CULV) Penryn core named Pentium SU2700. In September 2009, Intel introduced

980-514: The term " Pentium-compatible " is often used to describe any x86 processor that supports the IA-32 instruction set and architecture. Even though they do not use the Pentium name, Intel also manufactures other processors based on the Pentium series for other markets. Most of these processors share the core design with one of the Pentium processor lines, usually differing in the amount of CPU cache , power efficiency or other features. The notable exception

1015-517: Was Intel's fifth generation processor, succeeding the i486 ; Pentium was Intel's flagship processor line for over a decade until the introduction of the Intel Core line in 2006. Pentium-branded processors released from 2009 onwards were considered entry-level products positioned above the low-end Atom and Celeron series, but below the faster Core lineup and workstation/server Xeon series. The later Pentiums, which have little more than their name in common with earlier Pentiums, were based on both

1050-575: Was US$ 1127. A later model, the OrangePC 620 series, offered a 200 or 233 MHz processor. In 1998, it started at US$ 399, significantly less than previous incarnations. Various 620 models utilized processors from Intel , AMD , and IDT. High-end models included a Sound Blaster chipset, while more affordable options provided software emulation , with the caveat that sound could not be played in MS-DOS software. One of its last PC compatibility offerings

1085-599: Was a concept first introduced in the Mac286 by AST Research , for which Orange Micro had purchased the rights. These cards essentially consisted of an entire PC on NuBus or PCI cards. They contained enough hardware in order to run PC software such as MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows at native hardware speeds: notably, an Intel-compatible CPU , RAM , sound cards , and video chipsets supporting CGA or VGA . Some hardware, such as disks , printers , modems and network interface cards , were emulated in software . While Orange Micro sold their compatibility card under

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1120-517: Was designed for the Macintosh SE PDS slot, and integrated a 10 MHz Intel 8086 CPU. The Mac86 did not include its own RAM, instead sharing up to 640 KB of the host Macintosh's RAM. A floppy drive controller was integrated, including an external bracket to connect an Apple PC 5.25 Drive . There are three distinct versions of the Mac286 hardware: Of the three versions, the AST appears to be

1155-474: Was discontinued around the same time laptops stopped using Pentium processors in favor of "Intel Processor" processors in 2023. During development, Intel generally identifies processors with codenames , such as Prescott , Willamette , Coppermine , Katmai , Klamath , or Deschutes . These usually become widely known, even after the processors are given official names on launch. The original Pentium-branded CPUs were expected to be named 586 or i586, to follow

1190-586: Was released in the Pentium line on May 22, 2011. Currently, there exist Ivy Bridge models G2010, G2020, G2120, G2030, and G2130. All are dual-core and have no hyper-threading or Turbo Boost. Several Haswell-based Pentium processors were released in 2013, among them the G3258 "Anniversary Edition", first released in 2014 by Intel to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the line. As with prior-generation Pentium processors, Haswell and Haswell Refresh-based parts have two cores only, lack support for hyper-threading, and use

1225-406: Was the OrangePC 660, introduced in late 1998, supporting a Socket 7 CPU from 100 MHz Pentium up to a 400 MHz K6-III processor, NVIDIA RIVA 128 chipset, and two DIMM slots for up to 256MB of SDRAM . The PCfx!, introduced in late 1998, was a simplified OrangePC 660. The PCfx! includes a soldered-on 200 MHz Pentium processor, NVIDIA RIVA 128 chipset, and only 1 DIMM slot for up to 128MB of SDRAM,

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