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In article <mu.2a8o@terapin.com>, mu@terapin.com (Mu Hong Lin) writes:
|> The official name for P5 is Pentium.  But I find that many people, including my
|> self prefers to call it P5 still.  Pentium just sounds funny...
|> 
|> But too bad though, Intel can't change the name now.  Because if they do,
|> consumers are really going to be confused :)
|> 
|> I thought Pentium will be better for future Mac's...  Mac Quadras, and then Mac
|> Pentium :P  I wonder how Motorola is doi with '050.  I guess Intel's profit is
|> too great, I mean, Intel makes more money, and will have more money to spend in
|> R&D.
|> 
|> Will someone explain ( technially ) why RISC chips are so much faster than CISC
|> chips??  Or, please point to some books, which I may find accurate information.
|>  Thanks!
If you don't like the name Pentium, call it the 586.  Its just as acurate as
calling it the P5 (remember Intel re-uses its names so there may be another
P5 some day soon), and thats probably what AMD and Cyrix will call thier 
"Pentium Compatibles."

Sam

P.S., I agree that Pentium is a stupid name, but the only way we can get
companies to stop makeing bad marketing decisions is to let them backfire.