Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoNew Linux Patches Propose Removing Support For Old i486 & Early i586 CPUswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down12
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkNew Linux Patches Propose Removing Support For Old i486 & Early i586 CPUswww.phoronix.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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-up2·3 months 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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