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Intel closes Celeron and Pentium brands

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First post, by rkurbatov

Posted on 2022-09-16, 21:01

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Seems like new Intel processors will be called.... "Intel processors". At least for mobile, but who knows?

https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/16/intel_ … eron_processor/

Luckily, all my retro CPUs are intels, mostly Celerons and Pentiums 😀

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Reply 1 of 9, by Unknown_K

Posted on 2022-09-16, 21:24

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I kind of miss the days they used numbers only 386, 486 etc. AMD could use the number scheme as well, so Intel went with Pentium and that's how it all started.

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Reply 2 of 9, by rkurbatov

Posted on 2022-09-16, 21:26

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Intel 2086? 😀 It should have ended at intel 7986 😁

Reply 3 of 9, by DosFreak

Posted on 2022-09-16, 21:28

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Guess it's not all about the Pentiums
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Reply 4 of 9, by rmay635703

Posted on 2022-09-17, 01:55

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If Intel would have kept the “Pentium” and “Celeron “ chips in a meaningful non-ultra low end budget class maybe the names would not have lost all meaning.

Reply 5 of 9, by the3dfxdude

Posted on 2022-09-17, 02:03

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What about Xeon?

Reply 6 of 9, by Horun

Posted on 2022-09-17, 04:14

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Yes, and I do not like how Intel has changed the Core series. It used to be (until a few years ago) that a i7 was better than a i5, even if the i5 was the next gen over i7. Not any more....
Now a new gen i5 can be equal or better than last gen i7 and they are pumping out the next gens in barely 6-8 months... 11th Gen release: March 30. 12th Gen recently released. just an example....
So if you are into the newest Intel CPU or any core type just wait 6 months and it be out done for cheaper on a lessor Intel cpu. And again and again ...🤣
ok back to vintage stuff ;p

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Reply 7 of 9, by SPBHM

Posted on 2022-09-17, 05:18

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AMD still selling those Athlon 3000Gs I think no? but they killed Sempron and Duron...

Reply 8 of 9, by Big Pink

Posted on 2022-09-17, 14:22

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F in the chat for the sometimes mighty Celeron, but the Pentium name should have been retired before the P6 architecture. It denied us the Sexium.

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Reply 9 of 9, by Cobra42898

Posted on 2022-09-17, 15:46

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Yeah but you'd need antibiotics if you got a septium.

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