NEWZ: Intel Plans To Drop Pentium Moniker

GIANT · Mar 10, 2005

I'm surprised the Pentium 5 name never emerged when the HyperThreading architecture was implemented. Oh well... here comes the Sextium I guess :lol:

Intel Plans to Drop Pentium Moniker

Intel Corp.'s Pentium 4 brand, its flagship desktop processor since 2000, will be retired with the launch of the company's first dual-core desktop processor, it announced at the Spring Intel Developer Forum. The company also outlined features of its first batch of dual-core processors. Intel said Pentium D, code-named Smithfield, will ship by year's end

News brief at bottom of page...
http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,100218,00.html

sechs · Mar 10, 2005

It sounds to me like they're dropping the name "Pentium 4."

It's not as if we're going to move on to the "Sexium" or something.

MaxBurn · Mar 11, 2005

I'll vote for "Sexium"

Mercutio · Mar 11, 2005

If they call it "Pornium", I'll buy one.

mubs · Mar 11, 2005

:lol:

Fushigi · Mar 11, 2005

Considering the relationship, they should call it the Dellium.

GIANT · Mar 11, 2005

sechs said:
It's not as if we're going to move on to the "Sexium" or something...

Would it please you if they called it the Sechsium? :lol:

JKKJ · Mar 11, 2005

Hexium would work too. Gives it that satanic edge.

jtr1962 · Mar 11, 2005

I think maybe thermium, nuclium, or perhaps solarium would be appropriate given the number of BTUs these things put out.

.Nut · Mar 11, 2005

Bozo · Mar 11, 2005

How about

Catch-up 64

Bozo
:mrgrn:

i · Mar 12, 2005

Delirium

sechs · Mar 12, 2005

How's "Hotpieceofcrapium?"