Intel’s Pentium microprocessors have been a feature of computers for over 25 years. Robert P. Colwell, lead designer of the microarchitecture used in the Pentium Pro and beyond, recounts how it all began.
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Colwell, R.P. How we made the Pentium processors. Nat Electron 2, 83–84 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-019-0211-8
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