Today in 1993, Intel released the first Pentium, a series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors. With the Pentium, Intel charged into the consumer market.
Fortune magazine, May 16, 1994:
Pentium PCs, which cost at least $3,500 last fall, could drop to $2,000, the typical price paid by a home buyer, by the end of this year. [Intel’s CEO Andy] Gro…
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