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The Pentium II [2] brand refers to Intel 's sixth-generation microarchitecture ("P6") and x86 -compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997.
- List of Intel Pentium processors
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- List of Intel Pentium II processors
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- List of Intel Pentium processors
The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture ("P6") and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997. Containing 7.5 million transistors, the Pentium II featured an improved version of the first P6-generation core of the Pentium Pro, which contained 5.5 million transistors.
Pentium is a discontinued series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel.The original Pentium was first released on March 22, 1993. The name "Pentium" is originally derived from the Greek word pente (πεντε), meaning "five", a reference to the prior numeric naming convention of Intel's 80x86 processors (8086–80486), with the Latin ending -ium since the processor would otherwise have been named 80586 using that convention.
Intel released its most powerful processor to date, the Pentium II. With 7.5 million transistors, it was about 36% more powerful than its predecessor. It also incorporated the enhanced media capabilities of the Pentium MMX, which had been introduced earlier in the year.
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The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's 6th-generation microarchitecture (" P6 ") and x86-compatible CPUs introduced on May 7, 1997. Containing 7.5 million transistors, the Pentium II featured an improved version of the first P6 -generation core of the Pentium Pro, which contained 5.5 million transistors.