The Pentium Chronicles, 9780471736172
Paperback
Inside Intel’s P6: Success, mistakes, and the people behind the chip.

The Pentium Chronicles

the people, passion, and politics behind intel's landmark chips

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    1 December 2005

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Summary

The Pentium Chronicles: Inside Intel’s Most Successful Chip

The Pentium Chronicles describes the architecture and key decisions that shaped the P6, Intel’s most successful chip to date. As author Robert Colwell recognizes, success is about learning from others, and Chronicles is filled with stories of ordinary, exceptional people as well as frank assessments of “oops” moments, leaving you with a better understanding of what it takes to create and grow a winning product.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780471736172
ISBN-10:0471736171
Series:Practitioners
Author:Robert P. Colwell
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 December 2005
Weight:381g
Dimensions:257mm x 179mm x 10mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

”…it reads like a novel…The story is chronicled by insider Colwell in a style that commands reader attention…highly recommended.” (CHOICE, May 2006)

“…an anecdotal account of its development from someone who was in on it from the start…there is something there for everyone about life in a large organization.” (Cool Tech Reviews, March 6, 2006)

“Such a perfect miscellany of…experiences finely blended with humor and reality is a sumptuous feast for engineers and project managers…marvelous piece of computer history.” (TechBulletin, February 10, 2006)

“This particular book on the genesis of Intel’s groundbreaking P6 programme of the early 1990s…gives us some worthwhile pointers…a worthy book, and worth a recommendation…” (TechWorld, February 7, 2006)

“This insightful book promises to become a classic, and the reader is warned that it is hard to put down.” (Computing Reviews.com, February 23, 2005)

“…the book will particularly appeal to engineers working in the computing industry.” (Physics World, February 2006)

About The Author

Robert P. Colwell

Robert P. Colwell, PHD, is an independent consultant. He earned his PhD in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1985. Named an Intel Fellow, he led Intel’s Pentium 4 CPU core development. His other contributions at Intel include coleading the team that conceived Intel’s P6 microarchitecture, the core of the company’s Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron, Xeon, and Centrino product families. He is the author and contributor to many published papers and chapters and is the inventor or co-inventor on more than forty patents.

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