Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Farewell, Pentium!

TG Daily reports that Intel will drop the Pentium name for its P5 processor generation.

Sources indicated that Intel will drop the Pentium name without making a major announcement, but simply transition to processor names such as "Intel D 920" or "Intel 672" without introducing a new brand. Apparently, the transition is planned to begin in the immediate future. The company declined to comment on the possibly fading Pentium brand. [TG Daily]

I guess this makes the names of Intel processor shorter, and would have more stress on the "Intel" branding. I'm a little confused though, with how they come up with the naming of processor models. Not sure if those numbers actually mean something about the performance or specs of the processor.

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