View source for 10 Most Iconic Processors of My Lifetime

Not necessarily "the best", but the most iconic, and those which set the tone of an age.

I was born in October 1980, and thus this list excludes the Intel 8086, Zilog Z80, and MOS 6502. In no particular order:

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P5_(microarchitecture)#P55C Intel Pentium P55C] (October 1996)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68000 Motorola 68000] (November 1980)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_21164 DEC Alpha 21164 EV5] (January 1995)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge Intel Core i7-2600K] (January 2011)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon#Thunderbird_(T-Bird) AMD Athlon Thunderbird] (DDR 1.4GHz variant) (June 2000)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_8_series NVIDIA G80] (October 2006)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray_X-MP Cray X-MPU] (1982)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am386 AMD Am386DX-40] (1991)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC_600 PowerPC 603e] (August 1996)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R4000 MIPS R4000] (October 1991)