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What Came After the 486?(dfarq.homeip.net)
5 points by jnord a day ago | 2 comments
stevefan1999 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Ah the pentium, aka 5-ium due to the penta- prefix. It is actually a nod from 4 to 5, but Intel wanted some cool name, and they decided penta + premium would sound cool, hence pentium.

But still, internally we call it i586, because that's the way it is. so is Pentium MMX which I reckon is called i686.

gabrielsroka 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Trademarks

> The name invoked the number five, but was completely trademarkable, unlike the number 586.