Author: James Swafford
Date: 15:48:55 06/13/99
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On June 13, 1999 at 16:14:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 13, 1999 at 15:18:29, Ernst Walet wrote: > >>> >>>actually it is... but it is called the PII/xeon, although I bet that >>>fritz/junior are on PIII/xeon's instead, which are better once compilers >>>start using all the new instructions.. >>> >>> >>> >> >>Actually it isn't. Ok ok, the core is, but the level 2 cache isn't in speed and >>can be larger in size. So to mention it in the line of the Pii used by Fritz >>and Junior is not completely punctual. > > >Blame the brain-dead people at Intel that name the things. I have four >of 'em in my box and on each module they say "Intel Pentium II Xeon". And >I have tested on a box that said "Intel Pentium III Xeon". The "xeon" is the >trigger to know that the L2 cache is at core cpu speed. Without that word, >you get a L2 cache at 1/2 core speed and only in 512K, while the xeon can be >had in 512K, 1024K and 2048K L2 sizes... > >But Intel has always had trouble naming processors. IE 486/33 with a 33mhz >bus speed, 486/66 DX2, running internally at 2x the bus speed, and then the >486/100 DX4 running at _3X_ the bus speed. :) > >where the "DX" was their 'clock multiplier' nomenclature... Since we're talking about naming conventions... I've long wondered what sense it made to name a chip "Pentium II" or "Pentium III." Think about it. The prefix 'pent' means 5, as in 80586. Probably just a marketing tool...
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