discussion forum message Name: unknown Date: April 23, 2004 at 08:37:11 Subject: Re: 80786 class In Reply To: Re: 80786 class by unknown on April 23, 2004 at 07:35:28 Text: IMO no, 586 class for Intel would be Pentium and Pentium MMX (these few additional commands don't make much of a difference, it's still the same basic architecture), 686 PPro (remember its codename P6?) to PIII; all P4 - what Intel marketing liked to call "NetBurst architecture" - could be called "786"... or, to sync with AMD, you might give Prescott the "8", due to the 64bit stuff and changed pipeline - but is the difference big enough? (apart from the fact that such a discussion is pretty useless amnyway ;) AMD looks obvious from the (code)names: K6 (incl. up to K6-3+), K7 (Athlon, AthlonXP), K8=AMD64. post a followup message (Be nice... or be blocked. Be technical... or be erased.) Name: optional link title: eMail: optional link URL: Subject: optional image URL:   Insert line breaks by hand when only about one inch remains at the right side. Otherwise your message will be unreadable. Text: | IMO no, 586 class for Intel would be Pentium and Pentium MMX (these | few additional commands don't make much of a difference, it's still | the same basic architecture), 686 PPro (remember its codename P6?) | to PIII; all P4 - what Intel marketing liked to call "NetBurst | architecture" - could be called "786"... or, to sync with AMD, you | might give Prescott the "8", due to the 64bit stuff and changed | pipeline - but is the difference big enough? (apart from the fact | that such a discussion is pretty useless amnyway ;) | AMD looks obvious from the (code)names: K6 (incl. up to K6-3+), | K7 (Athlon, AthlonXP), K8=AMD64. |     Note: The above eMail form fields may look unaligned if you are using a browser other than Netscape Navigator version 3.0. currently posted followup messages (You may have to press the RELOAD button of your browser.)