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• Pentium EE Squeezes 3.73 GHz Out of NetBurst*
  Wednesday 22 March 2006 – 05:33
  Intel has been talking up its next-generation desktop processor Conroe since IDF. But while we wait for the CPU's much-anticipated launch, Intel today introduces its latest Pentium Extreme Edition processor featuring NetBurst and a 3.73 GHz clock speed. We see if and how the Extreme Edition 965 can take the performance crown away from the Athlon 64 FX-60.
• Pentium 4/2200 vs. Athlon XP 2000+*
  Monday 7 January 2002 – 06:00
  In the latest round of the megahertz race, the AMD Athlon XP 2000+ with 1666 MHz is up against the new Intel Pentium 4 with 2200 MHz. Read on to see how the Athlon sizes up against Intel's newcomer.
• The Pentium D: Intel's Dual Core Silver Bullet Previewed*
  Tuesday 5 April 2005 – 07:00
  We were pleased when a test system powered by the all-new Pentium D and the Pentium Extreme Edition made it into our test lab. Our comprehensive test suite pinpoints what to expect from the much-anticipated dual core technology.
• Intel Pentium 4 1.7 GHz: More Power For Less Money*
  Monday 23 April 2001 – 07:00
  Today Intel starts shipping their processor flagship Pentium 4 in a version that runs at 1.7 GHz. The sales of the Pentium 4 processor haven't done too well lately, so that new price cuts and a faster version shall improve the situation. Is Pentium 4 1.7 GHz a worthy opponent to AMD's Athlon 1333?
• DDR for Pentium III: 10 Boards with VIA Apollo Pro 266*
  Monday 30 April 2001 – 07:00
  The VIA Apollo Pro 266 provides a powerful argument for buying the semi-obsolete Pentium III platform - it works with DDR-SDRAM. We put a total of 10 boards to the test.
• IDF: Intel reanimates its 90 nm Pentium M CPU*
  Wednesday 18 April 2007 – 05:36
  Intel began the second day of its Spring IDF with keynotes covering the firm's mobile processors - including the upcoming Santa Rosa platform, the 45 nm mobile Penryn processor, the first WiMax chipset as well as a new generation of UMPCs, which revives the 90 nm Pentium M processor. ...
• DDR For Pentium III - VIA's Apollo Pro 266 Chipset*
  Wednesday 24 January 2001 – 06:00
  Finally Pentium is going DDR. However, is the aging Intel processor able to take advantage of this high-bandwidth memory or is VIA Apollo Pro 266 only a marketing gag after all? Find out in Tom's lovely but critical review.
• Pentium 4 with Dual DDR: Endurance Test of Seven Motherboards with the Granite Bay Chipset*
  Monday 3 February 2003 – 06:00
  Intel's E7205 chipset (alias Granite Bay) is descended from its E7500 server counterpart and is supposed to speed up the Pentium 4 by means of a dual-channel memory interface. And this workstation chipset really does offer the best performance of any DDR-SDRAM-based product. We rounded up seven of today's boards in our lab for a test of strength.
• The Pentium Elite, Part 2: 955X versus nForce4 IE*
  Monday 26 September 2005 – 07:00
  In this second article in a two-part series, we complete our comparison test of the best premium motherboards on the market, by examining five high-end boards based on the Intel 955X chipset.
• Dual DDR For Pentium 4: Intel E7205 Chipset Put To The Test*
  Monday 25 November 2002 – 06:00
  Three motherboards - Asus, Gigabyte and Tyan - run Intel's new Granite Bay chipset through its paces in the THG laboratory. Also: First server board with E7500 for dual Xeon from Tyan.
• The Intel Pentium II ('Klamath') CPU*
  Saturday 1 March 1997 – 06:00
  What is it all about with the new Pentium II ('Klamath') and what can we expect from this new Intel CPU?
• Intel Admits Problems With Pentium III 1.13 GHz: Production and Shipments Halted*
  Monday 28 August 2000 – 07:00
  We just reported our latest bad experiences with Intel's recently released high-end processor. While I asked Intel to consider the retraction of their Pentium III 1.13 GHz processors once more, I couldn't know how close Intel was to actually do exactly that. Read the full scoop on the situation.
• Painting a New Picture of Pentium 4: Tweaked MPEG4 Encoding*
  Saturday 25 November 2000 – 06:00
  Since my last article about Pentium 4 Intel was far from lazy. While Intel's US-employees enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday, their European colleagues were busy working on a tweak for FlasK MPEG that sheds a very different light on Pentium 4's video-encoding performance. Don't miss those new insights!
• The Economical Way to a Pentium 4 System: Five Motherboards with the SiS648 Chipset*
  Wednesday 4 December 2002 – 06:00
  SiS has done its homework: five boards with the 648 chipset get ready to rumble with confidence. Do these boards offer the ideal combination of price and performance?
• The 65 nm Pentium D 900's Coming Out Party*
  Saturday 7 January 2006 – 01:53
  Today marks the launch of eight Pentium D 900 CPUS as the world waits to see where Intel's 65-nm process will take the next generation of Pentium CPUs. But does process technology alone suffice to beat the performance and heat specs of AMD's finest?