Author: James Robertson
Date: 22:41:17 06/13/99
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On June 13, 1999 at 22:37:46, Charles Milton Ling wrote: >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 But something called a "Sexium" or better yet, a "Sexyone" would sell better. James
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