Intel Pentium II package, 1997.

Intel Pentium II processor

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Intel Pentium II processor
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Intel Pentium II processor. The 7.5 million-transistor Pentium II processor incorporates Intel MMX technology which is specifically designed to process video, audio and graphics data efficiently. It was introduced in an innovative Single Edge Contact Cartridge that also incorporated a high-speed cache memory chip. With this chip, PC users can capture, edit and share digital photographs via the Internet and, with a video phone, send video images over standard phone lines and the Internet.

Details

Category:
Computing & Data Processing
Object Number:
2000-464
Materials:
metal, composites, silicon
Measurements:
: 4 x 32 x 32 mm
type:
microprocessors
credit:
Intel