#P6 name?
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Today on the radio news, I heard that Intel has decided on the "real" name of
the P6.
Pentium Pro
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Or has this been mentioned here before?
WOW, what a catchy name! Like if someone introduces you to someone else and
says, "This is Boring II; he is just like his father, old Boring." <g>
But maybe I am being to critical, …..naaaaaaaa<g>.
<<Today on the radio news, I heard that Intel has decided on the "real" name of
the P6.
Pentium Pro>>
I read somewhere that Intel has spend several 10s of millions making the
Pentium mark know, so it only seems natural that they want to captilize on it
further. So the P7 will be called Pentium Pro DX4? <g>
DaviD "P1000" GouID
David;
Did you also hear that Intel just sold a multi-processor system to a government
agency (I think it was Sandia Labs, but not sure) for many millions of dollars.
It is supposed to be the fastest computer ever designed. It uses 9,000 (nine
thousand) Pentium Pro's.
I wonder if Max would run on it? 😉
Dennis "wouldn't you like to own one" Fenske
<<Did you also hear that Intel just sold a multi-processor system to a
government agency (I think it was Sandia Labs, but not sure) for many millions
of dollars. It is supposed to be the fastest computer ever designed. It uses
9,000 (nine thousand) Pentium Pro's.>>
9,000 processors! Now, hold on a minute. Did they give any details on how it
worked? It must be parallel system running it's own specialized operating
system. I don't even want to ask how much RAM they ordered with that little
baby! <g>
Gee, that is going to take all day to replace those processors when they find
that bug they have surely left in the new P6 <G> But, hey, who cares if it's
for a government agency, accuracy isn't "that" important.
DaviD "That's one big motherboard <g>" GouID
David,
>> It must be parallel system running it's own specialized operating
>> system. I don't even want to ask how much RAM they ordered with that
>> little baby! <g>
Here's what the article said.
Subject: DOE Buys Massively Parallel Supercomputer From Intel 09/08/95 Posted:
8 Sep 95 19:23:52 GMT
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 1995 SEP 8 (NB) — The Energy Department has awarded
Intel a $45 million contract for the world's most powerful supercomputer, to be
used to simulate nuclear weapons tests.
The massively parallel computer will use 9,000 Intel P6 processors to power the
new supercomputer. The P6 is the successor to the Pentium processor and will be
used in a wide variety of computers, including the next generation of desktop
machines.
The machine, to be located at Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico, will
have a peak performance of 1.8 trillion operations per second, or teraops,
becoming the first machining to achieve teraops scale processing. The
supercomputer will have 262 gigabytes of system memory.
"Scalability was an important goal in designing the P6," said Andrew Grove,
Intel president and chief executive officer, in a press statement. "It's
exciting that we can create a system 10 times more powerful than the fastest
supercomputer in the world today using the same chips we'll be putting into
desktop PCs."
Just how fast is the Intel machine? "This is the most powerful machine that
exists," Intel spokeswoman Tami Casey told Newsbytes. "In the blink of an eye,
it will perform 40 billion calculations."
"President Clinton is committed to ending underground nuclear testing," said
Victor Reis, assistant energy secretary. "Computer simulation will be a
principal means of ensuring the safety, reliability and effectiveness of the US
nuclear deterrent. We are embarking on a 10-year program to advance the state
of high performance computing to meet national security objectives."
>> I read somewhere that Intel has spend several 10s of
>> millions making the Pentium mark know, so it only seems
>> natural that they want to captilize on it further.
>> So the P7 will be called Pentium Pro DX4? <g>
From having watched product naming generally and specifically in the high
tech field for some years, I think that the name of the P7 is obviously
"Pentium SUPER Pro".
On the other hand, if they want to plug into the subconscious psyche of the
country, call the P7 "Pentium Pro OJ" <silly bg>, especially after about 1.5
months when he is free again.
Mono, Bi, Tri, Quad, Pent, Hex, Hept, Oct . . .
I guess the name "Hexium" didn't set well with the consumer test group. <g> I
really wondered why they chose "Pentium" for the name of the 586 when the name
of the successor was already doomed.
— James — Choreo Motion —
>> I guess the name "Hexium" didn't set well with the consumer test group. <<
But i hear that Sexium did pretty good in the polls. <vbg>
– ej
> >> I guess the name "Hexium" didn't set well with the consumer test group. <<
>But i hear that Sexium did pretty good in the polls. <vbg><
Anyone remember the story where Apple tried to have people pronounce SCSI as
sexy? They didn't want their machines to have anything associated with scuzzy.
Tim;
>> Anyone remember the story where Apple tried to have people pronounce
>> SCSI as sexy? They didn't want their machines to have anything associated
>> with scuzzy.
What about SECS and SECS2. It is pronounced sex and sex2 all the time. I
don't recall what it stands for, but it is a computer communications protocall
I think. At work, it is talked about a lot. When in mixed company, it can make
one a litte nervous if your not sure if others are aware of what you are
talking about. Obviously I don't work with it, but a good friend does, so the
word does come up.
Dennis
> Apple tried to have people pronounce SCSI as sexy <
I remember that. Talk about a backfire! <BG>
— James — Choreo Motion —
> Sexium <
ROFL!!
— James — Choreo Motion —
>P7 "Pentium Pro OJ"
Unlike the normal Pentium, it's able to cut off decimal places and get away
with it.
"Pentium Pro" …this name is the Great Masterpiece of technological satire.
?What in God's name is next?!!
sooo, 486 are pentium hobby then?
ah! and multi-proc p6 are pentium pro workgroup, the board could be called
office….
No, No, No! You ALL got it wrong! The name of the P7 is going to be Pentium
MAX!!!
<<No, No, No! You ALL got it wrong! The name of the P7 is going to be Pentium
MAX!!!>>
Of course! The P6 will be Pentium Classic!!!
-Bill
Listen,
Pentium came after the 486 right? Before it was a pentium it was
called a 586 by everyone,the pent means 5, therefore the pentium. But now they
have the 6th generation and can no longer call it a Pent-ium. These idiots
must correct their latin or roots! make it a Hexium or something that makes
sense!
<<Listen,
Pentium came after the 486 right? Before it was a pentium it was
called a 586 by everyone,the pent means 5, therefore the pentium. But now they
have the 6th generation and can no longer call it a Pent-ium. These idiots
must correct their latin or roots! make it a Hexium or something that makes
sense!>>
You're right! So maybe… Hexium Classic, then Septium MAX!
-Bill
How about:
Pentium without a bug LOL 🙂
matt.
-Mike Allen