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In 1993, Intel brought the PC to a new level with the Pentium processor. The first Pentium processor ran at an astounding 60 Mhz, had 3.3 million transistors, and performed 100 Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS). Although no one today refers to the first Pentium processor as a Pentium 1, it is the original of 4 types of Pentium processors developed by Intel. Once the first Pentium processor technology became obsolete, the Pentium 2 was introduced. Starting at 266 MHz, the Pentium 2 took …

…to change public perception. For those who insist of raw MHz numbers, AMD claims a 25% performance increase of their XP 1900+ compared to a Pentium 4 running at 1900 Mhz. Since the word about AMD's success spread, Intel recently introduced the Pentium 4 with a groundbreaking speed of 1400 MHz. Although the Pentium 4 offers a bus speed of 400 MHz, the processor is still twice as expensive as the AMD's Athlon XP processor, while performing roughly the same, if not better.