Today, we know Xeon as a completely separate brand, but in 1998, the "Pentium" name was pure marketing gold. By calling it the , Intel told the world: "This has the DNA of the chip you love, but with the engine of a tank."
This is the story of the —the bridge between the home PC and the modern data center. 1. The Birth of a Legend (1998)
By 1999, the internet was exploding, and Intel needed more power. Enter the (code-named "Tanner"). This version introduced Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) , which added 70 new instructions to help with 3D graphics, video processing, and scientific calculations.
The Great Divide: When Intel Split the World with the Pentium Xeon
