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0 pointsIggleSniggle4y ago0 comments

When “Pentium” was the name of the very most precious metal one could obtain

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That has to be one of the best advertising campaigns in history. I've heard non-technical people in the last few years still say things like "I think our new computer has a Pentium or something". The word Pentium was synonymous with quality and speed.

trulyme4y ago

They might be right, though I wouldn't say the name is synonymous with speed anymore. Intel is still using this name for entry level cpus [0].

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium

bee_rider4y ago

They should have left Celeron as the low-end SKU. Then they could use Pentium again nowadays. Core was a sensible branding to emphasize the fact that they were multicore when it was a new feature, but now that's old hat.

Now is actually a decent time for a naming scheme change, right? Apparently Golden Cove is supposed to be a bit of a jump.

dehrmann4y ago

It truly was all about the Pentiums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos

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