Author: William Bryant
Date: 17:04:52 06/13/99
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On June 13, 1999 at 18:48:55, James Swafford wrote: >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... I may be somewhat off, but the change from 386, 486, 586 etc. to pentium was for trademark reasons. You can't trademark a number. You can't trademark 80586, but you can trademark the name 'Pentium'. To follow this to its natural conclusion, would you call the 686 a Sexium? A 786 a Septium? William wbryant@ix.netcom.com
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