It stems from the Intel 8086 (x86) architecture in the IBM PC in 1981. Following is a brief history of PC CPUs, starting with the most current. Starting in 1994, AMD introduced its first Pentium ...

If you're building your own computer, things can quickly get complicated. Here's what CPU or processor cores are and how many ...

Intel's first dual core 64-bit (Intel 64) Pentium CPU with Hyper-Threading. The first model, the Extreme Edition 840, was introduced in 2005 with a clock rate of 3.2 GHz. It is the same as the ...

All in all, this glimpse at the internals of a Pentium processor provides a fascinating snapshot of high-end Intel semiconductor prowess in the early 1990s.

XCY X46G is a cheap industrial fanless mini PC powered by an Intel Celeron 2955U or Pentium 3805U CPU going for $60 and up.

If you remember PCs with two CPUs, there's a pretty good reason why we don't have them anymore.