Intel drops "Pentium"

[Mike Fishcake]

Came across this on [H]

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/15/in...pentium_brand/

About time too - I mean, how many different revisions of chips have there been under one name?

Original Pentium
Pentium Pro
MMX Pentium
PII
PIII slot
PIII flipchip
P4 socket 423(?)
P4 socket 478
P4 LGA775

not to mention all the different revisions in between such a coppermine, tualatin, northwood and so on, and all the other ones I've forgotten about, which no doubt I'll be reminded of

IMHO, the "intel inside" logo was more well known than the Pentium name anyway.

[DavidM]

Well since Pent-ium meant 5th series (ie 808x = series 1, 2xxxx = series 2, 386 = series 3, 486 = 4) - it should have gone a long while ago....