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Updated: 25 Oct 2018
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Baron Jons Jackob Berzelius silicon (Si)
Today it is know as the basic component
of processorsNikola Tesla invented the electrical
logic circuits called "gates" or "switches"William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter
Brattain invent the first transistor at the Dell
Laboratories on December 23, 1947.John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter
Brattain were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics
for their work on transistorsJohn Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter
Brattain officially patented the first transistor
in 1948Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby first
developed the first integrated circuit and
was demonstrated on September 12, 1958The International Business Machines
(IBM) developed the first automatic
mass-production facility for transistors
in New York in 1960Intel was founded by Gordon Moore
and Robert Noyce in 1968Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
was founded on May 1, 1969Intel with the help of Ted Hoff
introduced the first microprocessor the
Intel 4004 on November 15, 1971.
The 4004 had 2,300 transistors,
and was able to operate 60,000
programs per second (PPS), addressed
640 bytes of memory, and cost $200.00.Intel introduced the 8008
processor on April 1, 1972Intel's introduced their new and improved
microprocessor chip was on April 1,
1974; the 8080 became a usual chip in the
computer industry.Intel introduced the 8085
processor in March 1976The Intel 8086 was introduced
on June 8, 1976The Intel 8088 was introduced
on June 1, 1976The Motorola 68000, a 16/32-bit processor was
released and was later chosen as the processor
for the Apple Macintosh and Amiga computersThe Intel 80286 was introduced
on February 1, 1982The New Intel 80386 was introduced
in October 1985The SPARC processor
was first introduced by
Sun Micro systemsIntel 80386SX was
introduced in 1988AMD introduced the AM386
microprocessor family in March 1991.Intel introduced the Intel 486SX
chip in April in efforts to help bring
a lower-cost processor to the PC
market selling for $258.00Intel released the 486DX2 chip
on March 2, 1992, with a clock
doubling ability that generates
higher operating speedsIntel released the Pentium processor
on March 22, 1993. The processor was
a 60 MHz processor, had 3.1 million
transistors and sells for $878.00Intel released the second generation
of Intel Pentium processors on
March 7, 1994Intel introduced the Intel
Pentium Pro in November 1995Intel announced the availability
of the Pentium 150 MHz with 60
MHz bus and 166 MHz with 66
MHz bus on January 4, 1996AMD introduced the K5 processor
on March 27, 1996, with speeds
of 75 MHz to 133 MHz and bus
speeds of 50 MHz, 60 MHzAMD released their K6 processor
line in April 1997, with speeds of
166 MHz to 300 MHz and a 60
MHz bus speedIntel Pentium II was introduced
on May 7, 1997AMD introduced their new K6-2
processor line on May 28, 1998,
with speeds of 266 MHz to 550
MHz and bus speeds of 66 MHz
to 100 MHzIntel released the first Xeon
processor in June 1998Intel released the Celeron 366
MHz and 400 MHz processors
on January 4, 1999AMD released its K6-III processors
on February 22, 1999, with speeds
of 400 MHz or 450 MHz and bus
speeds of 66 MHz to 100 MHzThe Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
was released on February 26, 1999The Intel Pentium III 550 MHz
was released on May 17, 1999AMD introduced the Athlon processor
series on June 23, 1999. The Athlon would
be produced for the next six years
in speeds ranging from 500 MHz up
to 2.33 GHzThe Intel Pentium III 533B and 600B
MHz was released on September 27, 1999The Intel Pentium III Coppermine
series was first introduced on
October 25, 1999On January 5, 2000, AMD released
the 800 MHz Athlon processorIntel released the Celeron 533 MHz
with a 66 MHz bus processor on
January 4, 2000AMD first released the Duron
processor on June 19, 2000, with
speeds of 600 MHz to 1.8 GHz and
bus speeds of 200 MHz to 266 MHzIntel announces on August 28th
that it will recall its 1.3 GHz Pentium
III processors due to a glitch.
Users with these processors
should contact Intel for additional
information about the recallOn January 3, 2001, Intel released
the 800 MHz Celeron processor
with a 100 MHz busOn January 3, 2001, Intel released
the 1.3 GHz Pentium 4 processorAMD announced a new branding scheme on
October 9, 2001. Instead of identifying processors
by their clock speed, the AMD Athlon XP
processors will bear monikers of 1500+, 1600+,
1700+, 1800+, 1900+, 2000+, etcIntel released the Celeron
1.3 GHz with a 100 MHz bus
and 256 kB of level 2 cacheIntel Pentium M was
introduced in March 2003AMD released the first single-core
Opteron processors, with speeds
of 1.4 GHz to 2.4 GHz and 1024 KB
L2 cache, on April 22, 2003AMD released the first Athlon
64 processors, the 3200+,
and the first Athlon 64 FX
processor, the FX-51,
on September 23, 2003AMD released the first Sempron
processor on July 28, 2004, with a
1.5 GHz to 2.0 GHz clock speed and
166 MHz bus speedAMD released their first dual-core
processor, the Athlon 64 X2 3800+
(2.0 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache per core),
on April 21, 2005Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E6320 (4M Cache,
1.86 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on
April 22, 2006Intel introduced the Intel Core 2
Duo processors with the Core 2
Duo processor E6300 (2M Cache,
1.86 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on
July 27, 2006Intel introduced the Intel Core 2
Duo processor for the laptop
computer with the Core 2 Duo
processor T5500, as well as other
Core 2 Duo T series processors,
in August 2006Intel released the Core 2 Quad
processor Q6600 (8M Cache, 2.40
GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) in January 2007Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E4300 (2M Cache,
1.80 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) on
January 21, 2007Intel released the Core 2 Quad
processor Q6700 (8M Cache, 2.67
GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) in April 2007Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E4400 (2M Cache, 2.00
GHz, 800 MHz FSB) on April 22, 2007AMD renamed the Athlon 64 X2
processor line to just Athlon X2
and released the first in that line,
the Brisbane series (1.9 to 2.6 GHz,
512 KB L2 Cache) on June 1, 2007Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E4500 (2M Cache, 2.20
GHz, 800 MHz FSB) on July 22, 2007Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E4600 (2M Cache, 2.40
GHz, 800 MHz FSB) on
October 21, 2007AMD released the first Phenom
X4 processors (2M Cache, 1.8 GHz
to 2.6 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on
November 19, 2007Intel released the Core 2 Quad
processor Q9300 and the Core
2 Quad processor Q9450 in
March 2008Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E4700 (2M Cache, 2.60
GHz, 800 MHz FSB) on March 2, 2008AMD released the first Phenom
X3 processors (2M Cache, 2.1
GHz to 2.5 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)
on March 27, 2008Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E7200 (3M Cache, 2.53
GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on April 20, 2008Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E7300 (3M Cache, 2.66
GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on August 10, 2008Intel released several Core 2
Quad processors in August
2008: the Q8200, the Q9400,
and the Q9650Intel released the Core 2
Duo processor E7400 (3M Cache,
2.80 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on
October 19, 2008Intel released the first Core i7 Desktop
processors in November 2008: the i7-920, the i7-
940, and the i7-965 Extreme EditionAMD released the first Phenom II X4 (quad-core)
processors (6M Cache, 2.5 to 3.7 GHz, 1066 MHZ
or 1333 MHz FSB) on January 8, 2009Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E7500 (3M Cache,
2.93 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on January
18, 2009AMD released the first Phenom II
X3 (triple core) processors (6M Cache,
2.5 to 3.0 GHz, 1066 MHZ or 1333 MHz FSB)
on February 9, 2009Intel released the Core 2 Quad
processor Q8400 (4M Cache, 2.67
GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) in April 2009Intel released the Core 2 Duo
processor E7600 (3M Cache, 3.06
GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on May 31, 2009AMD released the first Athlon II X2 (dual-core)
processors (1024KB L2 Cache, 1.6 to 3.5 GHz,
1066 MHZ or 1333 MHz FSB) in June 2009AMD released the first Phenom II X2 (dual-core)
processors (6M Cache, 3.0 to 3.5 GHz, 1066 MHZ
or 1333 MHz FSB) on June 1, 2009AMD released the first Athlon II X4 (quad-core)
processors (512 KB L2 Cache, 2.2 to 3.1 GHz,
1066 MHZ or 1333 MHz FSB) in September 2009Intel released the first Core i5 Desktop
processor with four cores, the i5-750 (8M Cache,
2.67 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB), on September 8, 2009AMD released the first Athlon II
X3 (triple core) processors in October 2009Intel released the first Core i5 Desktop processor
over 3.0 GHz, the i5-650 in January 2010Intel released the first i3 Desktop
processors, the i3-530, and i3-540 on
January 7, 2010AMD released the first Phenom II X6
(hex/six core) processors on April 27, 2010Intel released seven new Core
i5 processors with four cores,
the i5-2xxx series in January 2011AMD released the first mobile processors in
their A4 line with the A4-3300M and the
A4-3310MX on June 14, 2011AMD released the first mobile processors in
their A6 line with the A6-3400M and the A6-
3410MX on June 14, 2011AMD released the first mobile processors in
their A8 line with the A8-3500M, the A8-3510MX,
and the A8-3530MX on June 14, 2011AMD made their first desktop processors in
their A10 line with the A10-5700 and the A10-
5800K being released on October 1, 2012Intel released the Pentium G3220
(3.0GHz, 2 core/2 threads, LGA 1150)
on April 17, 2014Intel released Core i3-4350
(3.6 GHz, 2 cores/ 4 threads, LGA 1150)
in February of 2014Intel released the Core i5 4670k
(3.4 GHz, Quad core/ Quad thread, LGA 1150)
in April of 2013Intel released the Core i7-4790K (4 GHz, Quad Core/ 8 threads, LGA 1150)Intel released the Celeron G1820
(2.7 GHz, Dual Core/Dual Thread, LGA 1150)
in January of 2014
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