Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoNew Linux Patches Propose Removing Support For Old i486 & Early i586 CPUswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down11cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkNew Linux Patches Propose Removing Support For Old i486 & Early i586 CPUswww.phoronix.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThey were named pent-ium because they were 586. Of course, the name lasted a lot longer than the technical reasons. The Pentium Pro was i686.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAh, that’s an interesting piece of information I just learned.
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They were named pent-ium because they were 586. Of course, the name lasted a lot longer than the technical reasons.
The Pentium Pro was i686.
Ah, that’s an interesting piece of information I just learned.
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