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Nothing; it's a brand name. Intel chose it because they had lost cases where they attempted to assert brand name ownership of "286", "386", "486" and related usages like "80x86" - courts decided, repeatedly, that these were generic terms for a type of architecture and not a product name (which would have been protected).
Intel wanted this kind of protection because there would be nothing to match a Pentium, on release, for a long time (on the PC platform) and they did not want other manufacturers (e.g. AMD, Cyrix, VIA) being able to later claim that their products were "Pentiums", as had happened with the previous Intel releases, and so capitalize on Intel's marketing.
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What was the name used before computer Pentium?
before pentium what was the pc name
How did the Pentium 4 chip get its name?
The Pentium 4 got it's name because it was the next series of Intel's flagship CPU line after the Pentium III.
What is the most current Pentium processor available in India?
Probably the Pentium Dual-Core, as it is the most recent processor to bear the Pentium name.
Will Intel make a Pentium 5?
The Pentium brand has been relegated to low-cost / budget processors. Creating a processor called the "Pentium 5" would confuse consumers, who now expect a Pentium to be a cheaper processor, while the name would imply that it was a flagship successor to the Pentium 4.
Can you give a List of Intel CPU?
Pentium Duo Quad, Pentium core duo, Pentium D, Xeon, Itanium, Pentium M, Pentium 4, Celeron, Pentium 3, Pentium 2, Pentium Pro, 486, 386, 286.
What is the difference between a microprocessor and a Pentium processor?
Nothing, a Pentium Processor, or any other processor for that matter, is merely a brand name for different microprocessors.
How many versions of Intel Pentium are there?
There are version of Intel Pentium one through four as well as Intel Pentium Pro, Intel Pentium D, Intel Pentium M, Pentium (2009), and Pentium Duel Core.
What are the function of Pentium processor?
A Pentium 3 Processor is found in many different systems and accomplishes many things. A Pentium processor is the name of the Intel company's central processing unit (CPU) hardware.
What company manufactures the petium family?
If you mean "Pentium" then its Intel if you really do mean 'Petium' then I have no idea.
Is the Intel Pentium III the name of a laptop processor?
The Pentium III was a processor found in many computers, both desktop and laptop, in 1999 and early 2000s.
Is an Intel Pentium better than an Intel Pentium D?
No. The Pentium predates the Pentium D by more than a decade.
What is 'Pentium' ?
The first Pentium computer.
