Talk:Pentium
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Proper MMX preciseification
Attention: I removed the expression that MMX was a "major significance". The reason is: the differences between the P54C and the P55C were indeed very little. The MMX had doubled the internal cache, and at the presentation time there were hardly any mmx-optimized applications. As a matter of fact, the transitin to MMX was very light. Initial BIOS didn't even allow the use of MMX (there were to many non-mmx Pentium in stock).--AlexProfesor 02:20, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Some links to specifications (i.e. number of registers, instruction set etc.) would be nice. --HJH
Pentium vs "586" name
The "numbers can't be trademarked" issue -- how does this compare to Peugeot who registered all 3-digit numbers of the form x0y as trademarks? Is the difference that Peugeot registered then in France? Should also mention why the trademark issue arose -- Intel's 486 line had been dogged by AMD and other clone manufacturers who made similar, cheaper (better?) CPUs, and sought to register "586" as a trademark to distinguish its product. This ties in with the appearance of the ubiquitous "intel inside" sticker. -- Tarquin
266 Mhz Pentium MMX?
Can anyone confirm whether there was a 266 MHz Pentium MMX meant for laptops? Crusadeonilliteracy
- There definately was a pentium at 266 and 300 for mobile pc's only. here is a link to Intel's website which discusses this. http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickreffam.htm
- Ahh, so my memory wasn't faulty. I saw a desktop computer for sale with a supposed 266MHz Pentium MMX in it some years ago. Crusadeonilliteracy
Why not "Intel Pentium"?
...as the title of this article? I'd rename it promptly save for any protests. --Wernher 03:11, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
