CHAPTER 5
The Intel Mobile Processor
If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.
—Bill Gates
Intel is the original microprocessor designer: the first commercially available microprocessor was the Intel 4004 in 1971. Intel processors currently dominate the high-performance market, capturing almost all modern high-end servers. Intel’s Pentium line of processors were ubiquitous in personal computing during the 1990s, and their Core i-series are the most popular central processing units for laptops and ultrabooks today. In addition, Intel has entered the mobile marketplace ...
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