• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Honestly, we know where the root of this problem came from. Back in the 1990s Intel broke with convention of using ever increasing numeric model numbers

      • 8086
      • 8088
      • 80186
      • 80286
      • 80386
      • 80486
      • Pentium …wait, what?! Not 80586? Nope.

      Intel didn’t like that other CPU manufacturers of x86 CPUs (AMD, Cyrix, IBM) could use the same numbering scheme. So Intel created “Pentium” because it could be copyrighted/trademarked so other companies couldn’t use it.

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        13 hours ago

        There is no 80486. It’s called the i486.

        There is no CPU with a model number of Pentium. Intel’s flagship CPUs, in order, were:

        • 4004
        • 8008
        • 8080
        • 8085
        • 8086
        • 80186 (for less than a month; model number A80186)
        • 80286 (model number A80286)
        • 80386 (later renamed to i386; model number A80386)
        • i486 (model number A80486)
        • Pentium (model number A80500, A80501, A80502)

        The i386 and i486 had multiple variants with suffixes to the model number (the 486DX and DX2 are often mentioned), and then the Pentium had enough variants that they incremented the model number a couple of times and then changed it completely; Pentium Pro and later CPUs have completely different model numbers.

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            1 day ago

            That’s a model number, not a name. The first Pentium had a model number of A80501, but you wouldn’t seriously claim that it’s really the 80501, would you?

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              1 day ago

              Read my prior post, I specifically SAID it was a model number.

              You’re embarrassing yourself with your pedantry. You said 80486 didn’t exist. It did. Seriously, quit while you’re behind here.

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                17 hours ago

                Oops, my mistake, you were wrong about the Pentium, then, not the 486. Its model number, as I said, was A80501. You switched from model numbers to names.