X86 cpus' Guide - From 8086 to Core i7 !

Cpus are really fascinating for computers fans : it is central piece of every PC, and so, the most important.
However, this enthusiasm for cpus faslty disapear once they're a little old : last released cpus are admirated, but oldest are subjects of jeerings. Because, the symbol of power that cpus represents, grows old very bad.
And that's why, there are only a few people who collects cpus, unlike stamps, coins or even beer bottle caps...
Nevertheless, it is far from being without interest, because of large number of different models, because of their difference and because of their very fast evolution : the oldest cpus, Intel 4004 was released 35 years ago, and the first x86, the 8086 in 1978, but they have quite no common points with the latest Pentium 4 or Athlon 64...

This site is trying, on the first hand, to enumerate all different existing models of x86 cpus (see Search menu), to make you discover their history, their characteriscs and their visual or electronical specificities (see History menu), and on the other hand to put my own collection online, with now 2711 different cpus.

News

On website :

08/05/2009 Despite the fact they are not x86, Itanium & Itanium 2 cpu families have been added on the site
15/04/2009 Site is now translated in Dutch language. Big thanks to Leevmeister for his great work.
25/03/2009 More than 100 pictures has been uploaded, mostly for K5, IDT Winchip, 6x86/MII and Via Cyrix III
24/02/2009 More than 120 pictures has been uploaded, mostly for K6 and µPGA & µPGA2 cpus
19/02/2009 More than 85 pictures has been uploaded, mostly for Socket 478 and BGA cpus
15/02/2009 More than 120 pictures has been uploaded, mostly for Socket A & Socket 370 cpus
24/01/2009 Quick search (see top right) is now able to find cpus by their Sspec or PART Number.
07/12/2008 Artistic picture of Socket A has been put online

Cpus releases :

01/06/2009 AMD announced release of its Hexa-core Opteron (2427, 2431, 2435, 8431 and 8435)
08/01/2009 AMD announced release of its Phenom II X4 920 et 940
17/11/2008 Intel announced release of its Core i7 920, 940 and 965 Extreme Edition
08/09/2008 Intel announced release of its Xeon L5430, X5470, X5492 and X5270
01/09/2008 Intel announced release of its Core 2 Duo E5200, Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Celeron 450
10/08/2008 Intel announced release of its Core 2 Duo E7300, E8600 and Core 2 Quad Q9400, Q9650
04/06/2008 AMD announced release of its Turion X2 Ultra (ZM-80, ZM-82 & ZM-86)
23/04/2008 AMD announced release of its B3 Stepping Phenom X3 : Phenom X3 8450, 8650 and 8750