Intel Announces Immediate Availability of 133 MHz Pentium® Processor

June 12, 1995 - This morning Intel announced immediate availability of its fastest microprocessor to date, the 133 MHz Pentium® Processor. The new chip is targeted for both servers and high-performance desktop systems. With the new version, Intel is now offering nine Pentium processors, all aimed at different market segments. Two weeks ago Intel introduced a 90-MHz Pentium processor for mobile computers.

The new processor is the second product to result from Intel's investment in advanced 0.35 micron, 3.3 volt manufacturing technology and is expected to be designed initially into high-end desktops and high-performance servers. The 133-MHz Pentium processor delivers 155 SPECint92 and 116 SPECfp92 of performance -- more than twice the speed of the original 60-MHz Pentium processor introduced in March 1993.

"End users in business and home market segments are moving quickly to systems based on the fastest Pentium processors," noted Carl Everett, senior vice president, Desktop Products Group.  "The industry is poised to meet this demand for performance, and will be offering many choices among 133-MHz Pentium processor desktops and servers at or shortly after introduction."

Pentium processor revenues exceeded those of Intel486 processors in the first quarter of 1995 and Everett said Intel is on track for the volume run rate to cross over some time this year.  He added that by the end of the year, Intel expects most system vendors to be offering 75-MHz  and 90-MHz Pentium processors at the entry-level of their product lines, 100-MHz and 120-MHz Pentium processors in the mainstream, and 133-MHz and even faster-performing processors at the high end.

In 1,000-piece quantities, the 133-MHz Pentium processor is priced at $935.