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- From: fineberg@win31.nas.nasa.gov (Samuel A. Fineberg)
- Subject: Re: P5 or Pentium
- References: <mu.2a8o@terapin.com>
- Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator)
- Organization: CSC, NASA Ames Research Center, NAS Division
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 16:59:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.165908.8492@nas.nasa.gov>
- Reply-To: fineberg@nas.nasa.gov
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- In article <mu.2a8o@terapin.com>, mu@terapin.com (Mu Hong Lin) writes:
- |> The official name for P5 is Pentium. But I find that many people, including my
- |> self prefers to call it P5 still. Pentium just sounds funny...
- |>
- |> But too bad though, Intel can't change the name now. Because if they do,
- |> consumers are really going to be confused :)
- |>
- |> I thought Pentium will be better for future Mac's... Mac Quadras, and then Mac
- |> Pentium :P I wonder how Motorola is doi with '050. I guess Intel's profit is
- |> too great, I mean, Intel makes more money, and will have more money to spend in
- |> R&D.
- |>
- |> Will someone explain ( technially ) why RISC chips are so much faster than CISC
- |> chips?? Or, please point to some books, which I may find accurate information.
- |> Thanks!
- If you don't like the name Pentium, call it the 586. Its just as acurate as
- calling it the P5 (remember Intel re-uses its names so there may be another
- P5 some day soon), and thats probably what AMD and Cyrix will call thier
- "Pentium Compatibles."
-
- Sam
-
- P.S., I agree that Pentium is a stupid name, but the only way we can get
- companies to stop makeing bad marketing decisions is to let them backfire.
-