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By Fast Company Staff | 10-08-2009 | 1:41 PM
Busicom calculator
Microma Watch
Hugin Cash Register
IBM 5150
HP Vivienne Tam Netbook
Windmill
Shenzhen Hangsheng
LiveEdge
Blockbuster Kiosk
MediSlate
Concept Laptop
As Intel reinvents itself, we take a look at where it's been. From the calculators and traffic lights of the past, to today's variety of handheld devices and tomorrow's slickest netbooks, here is a trip through the history of the company once known as Chipzilla.
The Busicom calculator from 1971.
A standalone photo of one of the Microma watches from 1972.
A photo of the Hugin cash register from 1974.
The 1981 IBM 5150 PC, which was powered by an Intel 8088 microprocessor.
This computer featured a 80386 processor, typically called a 386. The 386 processor were released in 1985. An average 386 PC was 30 Mhz and had 4 MB of RAM. A successor chip, the i486, would come in 1989.
Photograph from Zimmers.net
A typical Pentium computer. This one is a Pentium 233 Mhz MMX. Intel's Pentium chip was released in 1993, at 60 Mhz. MMX was a new set of instructions included in 1996. Pentium Pro, Pentium 2, Pentium 3, and Pentium 4 would all follow in the decade that followed.
Photo from Usage Software
HP's netbook by Vivienne Tam, inspired by the classic Chinese love story "Butterfly Lovers." Today's computers use Celeron processors for energy-efficient notebooks, and Pentium Dual-Cores for high-powered PCs. Intel's latest chip, the Atom, will be featured in netbooks and smartphones, as well as a variety of devices.
Energy-efficient Celeron or Pentium processors control turbines at large-scale wind farms.
Shenzhen Hangsheng Electronics relies on Intel chips for its in-vehicle system.
The camera-mounted LiveEdge device uses Atom technology to transmit video wirelessly.
Blockbuster's self-service installations--and 90% of bank ATMs--operate with Intel processors.
A MediSlate tablet with Centrino mobile technology allows health workers to access records on the go .
This concept of a future laptop called the “Tangent Bay” has three small screens just above the keyboard that give user quick access to media, devices, and other tools.
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