Intel Pentium

Background
Pentium is a line of processors from Intel. The first Pentium was introduced in March 22, 1993, and was followed up with the Pentium II in May 7, 1997, the Pentium III in February 28, 1999 and the Pentium 4 in November 20, 2000. From 1993 to 2006, the Pentium processors were Intel's flagship line, until they were succeeded by the Intel Core line of processors in January 2006. Since then, most Pentiums have little to do with their predecessors and are considered "entry level" processors. In 2023, the brand was retired on laptops in favor of the generic "Intel Processor" name (although it continues to be used on desktops).

(1994-2000)
Logo: Same as the 1994 Intel Inside logo, but as the swirls are merging, "pentium" in the corporate Intel logo font and " P R O C E S S O R " zoom out from the middle of the screen and places themselves below the Intel Inside logo.

Variants:
 * Most commercials starting in 1996 (including all MMX commercials) have an Intel URL at the bottom.
 * Japanese commercials have the following disclaimer below: ""Intel Inside" and "Pentium" are trademarks of Intel Corporation."
 * Chinese commercials have "给电脑一靓驰的"芯"" ("Give the computer a beautiful "core"") fade in below the logo.
 * South Korean commercials have "인텔인사이드™" fade in at the top left and "펜티엄® 프로세서" at the bottom. The size of the Korean text may vary between commercials.
 * There is an alternate version for MMX commercials. The animation plays out as usual, but in the top-left corner of the Intel logo, a purple, red and yellow gradient shape blurs in, with white text at the upper-left corner of it saying "MMX".
 * On commercials advertising computers with a Pentium processor, the logo is tucked into the corner of the screen while the commercial plays.
 * On some commercials such as a Gateway 2000 commercial until 1997 with the Pentium MMX processor, the logo is in grayscale and the text just fades in instead of zooming (seen here). Inverted and transparent versions of this variant also exist.

Technique: Typical 90s CGI.

Music/Sounds: The trademark Intel "bong" jingle, composed by Walter Werzowa. Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On an Aptiva commercial, the logo's theme is in the +1 key or in high tone.
 * Earlier Pentium commercials use a slower and lower-pitched jingle.
 * This Korean commercial in particular has a semi-low pitched jingle.
 * For the MMX commercials, the jingle is shortened and an extra chime is played after the bong jingle. Occasionally, the full jingle is played with the chime.
 * On the "Conga" commercial, the jingle is reorchestrated.
 * Japanese commercials are generally accompanied with the commercial's announcer saying "インテル、入ってる. " ("Intel is in.")
 * The French version of the "Dolphins" commercial has a xylophone arrangement of the jingle in a different key.
 * A low tone variant exists on some Pentium commercials.

Availability: Appears on almost all Pentium commercials from the time period.

(1998-2003)
Logo: Same as the previous logo, but with a few differences:
 * The Intel logo doesn't shine or turn blue.
 * A registered trademark symbol is added next to "pentium", and " P R O C E S S O R " simply fades in after the logo has formed.
 * The word "pentium" veers off to the left slightly to make way for a pink "II", which zooms out from the centre of the screen and places itself next to "pentium".

The MMX symbol from the previous logo fades in in the top-left corner of the Intel logo, and is always present in this version.

Variants:
 * On commercials advertising computers with a Pentium II processor, the logo is tucked into the corner of the screen while the commercial plays.
 * On commercials without MMX technology, the MMX symbol is removed.
 * A very rare variant exists where the logo is open matte and remastered.
 * A later version exists where the word "pentium", the pink "II", and the " P R O C E S S O R " text, along with the MMX symbol, were absent, with the logo's differences: the text is in white and the swirl is in purple and glows.
 * Like from the previous logo, such commercials has the URL address for Intel at the bottom of the screen.

Technique: Same as the previous logo, with the obvious addition of the "II".

Music/Sounds: Same as the regular variant of the previous logo but was a bit extended for the first half of the theme.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Sometimes, the Pentium MMX chime is used instead.
 * As with the previous logo, the chime can be subject to pitch/speed alterations.
 * On Korean commercials from 1998, a low tone variant exists.
 * On The Simpsons commercial, the last note was replaced with Homer Simpson's "Doh!" sound effect.

Availability: Appears on some Pentium II commercials from the time period; others use the standard Intel logo.

(1999-2004)
Logo: We zoom through various blue and green lines, in slight grid patterns. In the distance we see a blurred Intel Inside logo, and the camera slowly rotates as we get closer. As the camera reaches the end, the Intel Inside logo comes into clear view, with "pentium P R O C E S S O R" already under it. Three green lines draw themselves next to the text, with white squares at the bottom, forming "III". The logo shines while that happens. The final result follows the same general formula as the last two logos, but with the "!!!".

Variants:
 * On commercials advertising computers with a Pentium III processor, the logo is tucked into the corner of the screen while the commercial plays.
 * There may be a URL below the Intel logo when it appears. Alongside the standard URL, there are variants with Brazilian, French, German, Mexican, South Korean and British URLs.
 * South Korean variants have "인텔인사이드™" at the top left of the screen.
 * A version exists without " P R O C E S S O R ", mostly on scaled-down variants.

Technique: Good CGI for the late 90s.

Music/Sounds: The Intel "bong". A modified trademark Intel jingle with whooshes and some synth effects, with some crashing cymbals hitting the first note thereof.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Occasionally, the original Pentium jingle is used.
 * In rare cases, it uses the jingle from the Pentium III-M series.

Availability: Appears on most Pentium III commercials from the time period.

(2001-2003)


Logo: It starts off similarly to the last logo, but instead of the Intel Inside logo, we see a large parallelogram containing a smaller blue rectangle on the bottom right corner. As we get closer, the emblem then flashes. Inside the emblem is:

White lines then streak throughout the parallelogram, as one travels inside of it and forms a black curve above "!!!' ". A white "m" flashes in.

Technique: Same as the last logo.

Music/Sounds: A modified version of the bong; it is now fully synthesized with bell chimes. Sometimes, the regular jingle is used.

Availability: Rare. Most OEM commercials containing this Intel animation have the scaled-down and cropped version, but the full-screen animation is extremely hard to come by these days. It's still unknown where the sole capture of it was found.

1st Logo (2001-2006)
Logo: We see a flash of light, creating "radiations" over a space-like  atmosphere. Some of them then shine towards us, forming a new white emblem that blurs in. "intel inside" then emerge from the rectangle, as "Helvetica" and "4" fade in from the bottom. The emblem then rotates to face the camera, and an streak comes in from the left and creates a smaller flash over the emblem. The end result is:

Variants:
 * A version exists with a URL at the bottom, which can be localized in some countries.
 * As with most animations, a scaled-down version for OEM ads exists.
 * On Intel Pentium 4 HT commercials, when the logo finishes, two streaks of lights form up to the Pentium 4 logo, resulting in 2  squares with "H" and "T".
 * On Intel Pentium 4 Mobile commercials, the logo starts as usual, but the emblem is different here, resembling the Pentium III Mobile logo, A white "m" then flashes in, the background is also different when the logo finishes, which the background is more blue than usual.

Technique: Advanced CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Pentium III logo.

Availability: First appeared for the updated Blue Man Group advertising campaign for the Pentium 4 in 2001. It then started appearing on multiple commercials for the "Aliens" campaign, and numerous OEM commercials, first known one being for Gateway, also used for Pentium 4 HT and Pentium 4 Mobile commercials.

2nd Logo (2002)
Logo: A disc, textured with a processor die pattern, rotates towards us, with the word "Helvetica" on it. Then it rotates again, revealing the white Intel Inside logo. Then, the same emblem from the last logo rapidly zooms out onto the now disc.

Variant: A Korean version exists.

Technique: Computer animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last logo.

Availability: This appeared mostly on the "Intel Inside your..." commercials in 2002.