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Pentium Microprocessor

Pentium Microprocessor
The Pentium microprocessor (shown at 2.5X magnification) is manufactured by the Intel Corporation. It contains more than three million transistors and is used as the central processing unit in a variety of personal computers.
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Chemistry, Inorganic; Science; Silicon; Central Processing Unit; Microprocessor; Chip; Intel Corporation; United States (Geography)
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