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strategy for growth

The technology: Driving product growth
1971 - 2,300 transistors, 60,000 instructions per second, 25 process steps to produce the 4004 chip The microprocessor then and now

What a difference a quarter-century makes. In 1971, our 4004 was the world's first microprocessor, providing astonishing performance for the time. Today, the complexity and performance of our chips have increased exponentially, continuing to power new revolutions.

1996 - 5.5 million transistors, 300 million instructions per second, more than 200 major steps to produce the Pentium (R) Pro processor. New PC Experience - Shockwave demo (118k)
The richest PC experience
Based on Intel's Media Benchmark, our new Pentium(R) processor with MMX(TM) media enhancement technology boosts multimedia performance by more than 60 percent, compared to equivalent-speed Pentium processors without MMX technology. The technology will be incorporated into Intel's new microprocessors beginning in 1997.		Kid playing computer games

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