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A Brief History of CPUs: 31 Awesome Years of x86

Techgage News found this 4/15/2009 on maximumpc.com

Believe it or not, your terrifically fast Core i7 fresh off Intel's assembly line contains DNA that dates back over three decades. The same is true if you roll with AMD's latest silicon, the Phenom II X4. We're of course referring to the longstanding x86 microprocessor architecture that has ...