Author: Charles Milton Ling
Date: 19:37:46 06/13/99
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On June 13, 1999 at 20:04:52, William Bryant wrote: >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 To be etymologically correct, you would have to use the Greek prefixes, giving you the less-than-lovely-sounding "Hexium" and "Heptium". Charley
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