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# Intel

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Intel is a United States corporation that makes microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. It was founded in 1968? by [Gordon E. Moore]? and Robert Noyce.

Microprocessors made by Intel:

- 8088 (8 bit)
- 8086 (16 bit)
- 80286 (16 bit with 24 bit virtual address)
- 80386 (32 bit with 32 bit virtual address)
- 80486 (32 bit)
- Pentium (32 bit)
- Pentium Pro (32 bit)
- Pentium II (32 bit)
- Pentium III (32 bit)
- Pentium IV (32 bit)

Some Intel related terms:

- x86 - refers to 8086, 80286, 80386 or 80486 - it sometimes refers to the [instruction set]? of the original 8086 processor
- 286 - refers to 80286
- 386 - refers to 80386
- 486 - refers to 80486
- Pentium - 80586
- Pentium MMX - 80586 ?
- Pentium II - 80686, codenamed Klamath
- Pentium III - 80686
- Pentium IV - 80686, codenamed Willamette ?
- Wintel - refers to a computer running a Microsoft [Windows operating system]? on an Intel processor
- ia32 - Intel architecture, 32 bit
- ia64

can anyone add the megahertz and year introduced for each of the processors.

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