Pentium III
is x86 based architecture microprocessor introduced by Intel in 1999.
is similar to Pentium II, the major difference being the addition of SSE instructions.
included 70 new instructions and was optimized for voice recognition and multimedia.
aside from faster speeds, one of the significant features of the Pentium III was the PSN (processor serial number), a unique number electronically encoded into the processor.
SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions) is a technology introduced to add better floating point support (128 (4X32) bit registers) to cater to growing Graphic card demands.
The Pentium III was replaced by the new Pentium 4 series. Pentium M is an improvement on the Pentium III design.
