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1998 research cohort / CPU

Intel Pentium II processor 333 MHz

Intel · model variant

Candidate · no owner discrepancy decision

What it was

Intel Pentium II processor 333 MHz is recorded in the 1998 CPU research cohort under Intel. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.

Source product name
Intel Pentium II processor 333 MHz
Source model number
Not established
Source manufacturer
Intel Corporation
Research scope
desktop computers, high-volume servers and workstations

Why it existed

manufacturer stated

Intel addresses high-performance visual computing for businesses and consumers and higher-memory server/workstation needs

Intended users: business and consumer desktop users; servers and workstations

Engineering response: 333 MHz Pentium II with 0.25 micron process, 512 KB L2, and server/workstation memory-support variant

Evidence and limits

Intel Delivers Fastest Pentium II · lines 5-12

Intel explicitly states visual-computing problem and later-quarter higher-memory server/workstation response.

No independent test result included.

What difference it made

Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.

Release evidence

The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.

Proposed event
product introduction and system availability
Proposed timing
1998-01-26 · exact precision
Assessment
proposed

Verified exact introduction and same-day system availability support a model-variant proposal.

Open questions and review

Exact later server/workstation version availability; boxed/component channel; ordering part number.

No owner discrepancy decision is recorded. This does not mean there are no unresolved issues.

Original intake sources

These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.

Original research note

Typed events: product introduction and system availability are exact on 1998-01-26; Intel states a server/workstation version supporting more memory would be available later that quarter. No ordering part number is stated.

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1998 CPU cohort · Intel records