Author: James Swafford
Date: 18:29:35 06/13/99
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<snip> >> >>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? > I'd have thought about future releases, and named it something more practical, like i5, i6 ... Doesn't sound as flashy as "pentium" or "pentium II," though. Still comes back to marketing. Still doesn't make sense.
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