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When “Pentium” was the name of the very most precious metal one could obtain
by IggleSniggle 5y ago
When “Pentium” was the name of the very most precious metal one could obtain
- giarc 5y agoThat 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.
- trulyme 5y agoThey 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 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium
- bee_rider 5y agoThey 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.
- dehrmann 5y agoIt truly was all about the Pentiums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos