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Name: D. Cynic
Date: April 19, 2004 at 00:28:32
Subject: Re: 80786 class
In Reply To: 80786 class by
Exophase on April 17, 2004 at 15:53:50
Text: | What makes a CPU 80786 class as opposed to 80686?
| And why is Pentium 4 80786 while Pentium M and Athlon 64 are 80686?
|
| - Exophase

I assume you are referring to the output of a chip ID
program, so it sounds like you should consult the program's
documentation or author.

In general, the distinctions between processor classes is
whatever marketing thinks they should be, which usually turns
out to be whatever one has that the competition does not.
I feel fortunate that not every new implementation is
called a new generation of processor.

I wouldn't take much meaning from arbitrary labels like @@:
or your given name.


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