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"Russian designer could have been inspiration for Pentium name " - it's actually a fake news, Pentkovsky joined Intel several years after start of Pentium R&D.
by thodin 6y ago
"Russian designer could have been inspiration for Pentium name " - it's actually a fake news, Pentkovsky joined Intel several years after start of Pentium R&D.
- monocasa 6y agoI've heard that Pentium was named Pentium really late into it's dev cycle once the trademark office told Intel that trademarking model numbers wasn't going to be kosher.
- jdsully 6y agoAt most companies they choose the marketing name near final release not at the start of R&D.
- thodin 6y agoPentkovsky joined Intel when they were developing Pentium III.
- noncoml 6y ago8086 -> 286 -> 386 -> 486 -> (5)86 Where (5) is Pente https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B...