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Re:PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year... by vaylian on Saturday March 07, 2026 @11:49AM (#47289243)
You technically don't even need a 300MHz processor for the use cases that you name. But Intel and others kept developing faster CPUs anyway.
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