REMEMBER the good old days when processors were known bytheir - usually five digit - numbers? So you could compare Intel 80486 againstMotorola 68040 against National 32532 against Alpha 21164 (this last one wouldwin of cover).
Then when it realised it was unable to label numbers. Intel switched tothe Pentium medicinal-sounding moniker and from there we had Itaniums,Celerons joined by Athlons and Opterons. Then came Centrino. Turion. Core2,Phenom and all other cryptical what-nots. Hard to understand?
Well not really! Instead of asking an Intel guy for a Core 2 Extreme QX 96503 GHz FSB1333 CPU simply ask for 80569XJ080. He should know exactly what youwant with far fewer bytes or words.
Basically. Intel continued using the numbers for its CPUs engraved on thedie alter spreaders for years process now. These are still 5-digit wonders allsmaller than the last 'official' one the 80586.
For dilate the old favourite. 3.46GHz Presler Extreme dual core. Intel'sfirst CPU to run at 4.27GHz stable without any voltage bump was just an 80553CPU. It had an added PH099 statement for desktop 3.46GHz measure version - if thenumber was 108 it would convey a 3.73GHz version. At the end there is also acache size stated as 4M or 8M but we will do by it here as it is removed fromthe 45nm generation engraved inscriptions.
The quad-core 65nm Kentsfields and Clovertowns also have this simplifiednaming. The X3230 Xeon 2.66GHz FSB1066 will just be an 80562 CPU with KH067add-on which translates to "XeonUP 2.66G".
All the desktop Kentsfields also bear the 80562 moniker. The dual-CPU enabledClovertown flavour is called 80563 though adding a bit of "value" for the dualsocket capability. So a 3GHz FSB1333 Clovertown from those expensive Apple MacPro workstations will be known simply as 80563KJ080.
Finally the most recent darlings of the touch the lovely Yorkfield andHarpertown 45nm CPUs. All desktop Yorkfields and their uni-CPU server siblingsare known as 80569. So it is 80569XJ080 for the QX9650 Extreme Desktop or80569KJ073 for the X3660 XeonUP. The Harpertown dual-socket Xeon is now80574KL080 - without cache markings this measure.
The nostalgic souls among our readers can apply it: all the numbers are stillthere. And for simple minds. 80563 will always be clearly better than 80562,not to mention 80574 outshining them all.
Also knowing Intel's real numbering system means the unscrupulous chiptrader next door won't be able to change you a Clovertown claiming to be thesame-clocked Harpertown before you plug it into the system when it may be toolate.
Convincing a layman that "Harpertown" is exceed than "Clovertown" or "Yorkfield" than "Kentsfield" or "Smithfield" could get the populace of thenamed places into fistfights.
When I construe computer magazine @ late 1996. I construe an article that say:585 = pentium686 = pentium pro - pentium III786 = willmateIn the 1996 pentium is known as P5. All motherboard @ that measure use P5 as affix. That thing is dejavu again with presscott (ie the P5 suffix). AND I Thing when intel lauch it P5x chipset this will be happend again.
This is quite interesting but with all those letters at least initially a map or crib pelt would be nice to back up decider all the numbers and letter but comfort much easier than the marketing names. When I read the call I was hoping to see a listing of all the main cpus since the 486 to see the evolution of the numbering system. The only issue I see is that these numbers do not be like a continuation of the original 80x86 numbering system even the x87 match co-processor numbering made sense and fit with the main numbering system. Not sure what the 80 denoted but the numbers 1-5 denoted the generation and the 86 of course denoted the architecture. Its too bad these ones aren't something desire 80A86 or 801086 with additional letting and numbers to denote smaller differences. & because Netburst was a very different x86 like architecture and should not count so PII=PentiumPro=686. PIII=786. PM=886. Core=986 and Core2=A86 or 1086 (think hex for the A). That type of number was what I was expecting to be reading about but I could get used to the newer system. Enough of my ramblings great article anyways
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