PENTIUM III

Domain	Definition
Computing	Pentium III The microprocessor that was Intel Corporation's successor to the Pentium II, introduced in 1999 with a 500 MHz clock rate. The Pentim III is very similar to the Pentium II in architecture. Its external bus can be clocked at 100 or 133 MHz, it can have up to 512 KB of secondary cache, and it comes in various packages including SECC2 and FC-PGA. The Pentium III has a P6 Dynamic Execution microarchitecture, a multi-transaction system bus, and MMX, like the Pentium II. It adds Dual Independent Bus (DIB) Architecture, the Intel Processor Serial Number, Internet Streaming SIMD Extensions, 70 new instructions. Some versions also include an Advanced Transfer Cache and Advanced System Buffering. When Intel released a 1.13 GHz version of the Pentium III processor using a 0.18 micron fabrication process on 2000-07-31, it was the world's highest performance microprocessor for PCs. Home (http://www.intel.com/PentiumIII). (2000-10-05). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Specialty Definition: Pentium III

The Pentium III is an x86 architecture microprocessor by Intel, introduced in February 1999. It is very similar to the earlier Pentium II, the most notable difference being the addition of SSE instructions.

The original version, Katmai was pretty much the same as the Pentium II, the only differences being the introduction of SSE, and an improved L1 cache controller (which was the cause of the minor performance improvements over the latter PIIs).

The second version, Coppermine, had an integrated 256k L2 cache, which greatly improved performance over Katmai. It was built on a 0.18 micron process. It topped out at 1GHz. A 1.13GHz version was produced, but recalled after it proved to be so unstable that it was unusable. Ironically, the problem was traced to the integrated cache, which simply could not operate at speeds above 1GHz.

The third version, Tualatin, was really just a trial for Intel's new 0.13 micron process. Had the Pentium 4 been on a sounder footing, it's doubtful whether Tualatin would have ever been made. Tualatin performed quite well, especially in variations which had 512k L2 cache (called the Pentium III-S). Intel didn't want a repeat of the situation it had with Celeron and Pentium II, so Tualatin never ran faster than 1.4GHz (Pentium-M proved that the design was good for at least 1.7GHz on the 0.13 micron process).

As with the Pentium II, there was also a low-end Celeron version and a high-end Xeon version.

The Pentium III was eventually superseded by the Pentium 4.

see also: List of Intel microprocessors

Commercial Usage: PENTIUM III

Domain	Title
Books	Build Your Own Pentium III PC [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	Pentium III Secc2 Bonded Fin Cpu Cooler (reference) Gateway Essential Slimline Desktop (1.1-GHz Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive) (reference) Compaq Deskpro EN (600 MHz Intel Pentium III, 128 RAM, 10 GB Hard Drive) (reference) Dell Dimension XPS T450 Desktop (450-MHz Pentium III, 64 MB RAM, 6.4 GB hard drive) (reference) Sony VAIO PCG-FX340 Notebook (900-MHz Pentium III, 128 MB RAM, 15 GB hard drive) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: PENTIUM III

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Similarly, local newspapers reported that Chinese government agencies discouraged the use of Pentium III chips because they believed that a back door exists in each Pentium III chip to enable Intel or others to collect user information-a policy that appears to have had little impact. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PENTIUM III

Anagrams: PENTIUM III

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-i-i-i-m-n-p-t-u"
	-3 letters: pinetum.
	-4 letters: impute, intime, minuet, minute, mutine, pinite, pitmen, tiepin, uptime.
	-5 letters: imine, inept, input, tempi, unite, unmet, untie.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-i-i-i-m-n-p-t-u"
	+4 letters: municipalities.
	+5 letters: impecuniosities, multidiscipline, pusillanimities.
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Alternative Orthography: PENTIUM III

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 45 4E 54 49 55 4D 49 49 49

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000101 01001110 01010100 01001001 01010101 01001101 00100000 01001001 01001001 01001001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#73 &#85 &#77 &#32 &#73 &#73 &#73

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0045 004E 0054 0049 0055 004D 0049 0049 0049

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
pentium iii	1,976	pentium iii sale	4
pentium iii processor	47	pentium iii 750mhz	4
pentium iii cpu	32	pentium iii xeon	3
intel pentium iii	25	pentium iii coppermine	3
pentium iii motherboard	22	pentium iii server	3
intel pentium iii processor	13	pentium iii slot	3
pentium iii slot 1	13	pentium iii 500	3
pentium iii 1ghz	8	pentium iii 550	3
pentium iii 800	7	pentium iii 700	3
intel pentium iii motherboard	6	dell pentium iii	3
pentium iii notebook	6	dual pentium iii	3
overclocking pentium iii	5	mobile pentium iii	3
cpu pentium iii slot 1	5	pentium iii fan	2
pentium iii laptop	5	dual pentium iii motherboard	2
socket 370 pentium iii	4	pentium iii fcpga	2
pentium iii 600	4	pentium iii 850	2
pentium iii computer	4	pentium iii tualatin	2
pentium iii m	4	pentium iii 1.4ghz	2
celeron vs pentium iii	4	pentium iii 800mhz	2
intel mobile pentium iii	4	pentium iii 933	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

PENTIUM III

Specialty Definition: PENTIUM III

Specialty Definition: Pentium III

Crosswords: PENTIUM III

Commercial Usage: PENTIUM III

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