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The Pentium registered trademark is included in many brand names of Intel's single- and multi-core x86-compatible microprocessors[1]. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A multi-core processor (or chip-level multiprocessor, CMP) combines two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single Integrated See also X86 assembly language The generic term x86 refers to the most commercially successful Instruction set architecture in the history of Personal A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a Central processing unit (CPU on a single Integrated It was first used in 1993 for the Pentium[2] branded CPUs with Intel's fifth-generation "P5" microarchitecture (in Greek penta means 'five'). Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Pentium brand refers to Intel 's single-core x86 Microprocessor based on the P5 fifth-generation Microarchitecture. In Computer engineering, microarchitecture (sometime abbreviated to µarch or uarch is a description of the Electrical circuitry of a Computer, Central Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Subsequently (and inconsistently), it was used in later generation CPU's brands (listed below) distinguished by suffixes such as "Pro", "II", "III", "4", "D". In 1998, Intel separated low-priced processors under the Celeron[3] brand. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Celeron brand is a range of X86 CPUs from Intel targeted at budget/value Personal computers with the motto "delivering great quality With the 2006 introduction of the "upper" Core 2 brand, there was no plan to use the Pentium trademark anymore, but apparently, "Intel developed the Pentium Dual-Core at the request of laptop manufacturers"[4]. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Core 2 brand refers to a range of Intel 's consumer 64-bit dual-core and 2x2 MCM quad-core CPUs with the X86-64 instruction set The Pentium Dual-Core brand refers to mainstream X86 -architecture Microprocessors from Intel. So, the brand containing Pentium trademark lost its "upper" position and became "mainstream" between the Core 2 and Celeron - in 2007[5] and further on as the Pentium brand again[6]. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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Brands with Pentium trademark

Brands of CPUs using the Pentium trademark:

Families of similar processors, but not using the Pentium trademark:

Origins of Pentium trademark

The original Pentium branded CPUs were expected to be named 586 or i586, to follow the naming convention of previous generations (286, i386, i486). A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a The Pentium brand refers to Intel 's single-core x86 Microprocessor based on the P5 fifth-generation Microarchitecture. The Pentium OverDrive was a Microprocessor marketing brand name used by Intel, to cover a variety of consumer upgrade products sold in the mid 1990s It The Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation X86 -based Microprocessor developed and manufactured by Intel introduced in November 1995 The Pentium II brand refers to Intel 's sixth-generation Microarchitecture (" Intel P6 " and x86 -compatible Microprocessors The Xeon brand refers to many families of Intel 's x86 Multiprocessing CPUs – for dual-processor (DP and multi-processor (MP configuration Pentium III variants Katmai The first Pentium III variant was the Katmai (Intel product code 80525 The Xeon brand refers to many families of Intel 's x86 Multiprocessing CPUs – for dual-processor (DP and multi-processor (MP configuration The Pentium 4 brand refers to Intel 's line of single- core mainstream desktop and Laptop Central processing units (CPUs introduced The Pentium 4 brand refers to Intel 's line of single- core mainstream desktop and Laptop Central processing units (CPUs introduced The Pentium 4 brand refers to Intel 's line of single- core mainstream desktop and Laptop Central processing units (CPUs introduced The Pentium 4 brand refers to Intel 's line of single- core mainstream desktop and Laptop Central processing units (CPUs introduced Overview The Pentium M represented a new and radical departure for Intel as it was not a low-power version of the desktop-oriented Pentium 4, but instead a heavily modified The Pentium D brand refers to two series of Dual-core 64-bit X86 processors with the NetBurst Microarchitecture manufactured The Pentium D brand refers to two series of Dual-core 64-bit X86 processors with the NetBurst Microarchitecture manufactured The Pentium Dual-Core brand refers to mainstream X86 -architecture Microprocessors from Intel. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Celeron brand is a range of X86 CPUs from Intel targeted at budget/value Personal computers with the motto "delivering great quality The Xeon brand refers to many families of Intel 's x86 Multiprocessing CPUs – for dual-processor (DP and multi-processor (MP configuration The Intel 286, introduced on February 1, 1982, (originally named 80286, and also called iAPX 286 in the programmer's manual The Intel 486, otherwise known as the 80486 i486 or just 486 was the first tightly pipelined X86 design However, Intel was unable to persuade the court of law to allow them to trademark numbers (such as "i486"), in order to prevent their competitors from branding their processors with similar names, as AMD had done with their Am486. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual The Am486 is a 80486 -class family of Computer processors that was produced by AMD in the 1990s (The "586" number was later used by AMD, Cyrix and NexGen in their respective 5k86, 5x86 and Nx586 CPU brand names). The K5 was AMD's first x86 processor developed entirely in-house introduced in March 1996 in August 1995, four months before the more famous Cyrix 6x86, the Cyrix 5x86 was one of the fastest CPUs ever produced for Socket 3 NexGen (Milpitas CA was a private Semiconductor company that designed X86 PC Central processing units until it was purchased

Intel enlisted the help of Lexicon Branding to create a brand that could be trademarked. The name 'Pentium', was derived from the Greek penta, meaning 'five', and the Latin ending -ium for neutral nouns. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Because of this mix of language roots, the word could be considered a barbarism. Barbarism refers to a non-standard Word, Expression or Pronunciation in a Language. [9]. The Pentium brand was very successful, and was and still is maintained through several generations of processors, from the Pentium Pro to the Pentium Extreme Edition and further. The Pentium registered Trademark is included in many Brand names of Intel 's single- and Multi-core x86 -compatible Microprocessors The Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation X86 -based Microprocessor developed and manufactured by Intel introduced in November 1995 The Pentium D brand refers to two series of Dual-core 64-bit X86 processors with the NetBurst Microarchitecture manufactured Although not used for marketing purposes, Pentium series processors are still given numerical product codes, starting with 80500 for the original Pentium chip.

Current use of the trademark

The Core, introduced in early 2006, was the first Intel mainstream brand for mobile CPUs which did not contain the Pentium trademark. The Core brand refers to Intel 's 32-bit mobile Dual-core X86 CPUs that derived from the Pentium M branded processors It replaced the Pentium M brand. Overview The Pentium M represented a new and radical departure for Intel as it was not a low-power version of the desktop-oriented Pentium 4, but instead a heavily modified With the 2006 introduction of the "upper" Core 2 brand, there was no plan to use the Pentium trademark anymore, but apparently, "Intel developed the Pentium Dual-Core at the request of laptop manufacturers"[10]. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Core 2 brand refers to a range of Intel 's consumer 64-bit dual-core and 2x2 MCM quad-core CPUs with the X86-64 instruction set The Pentium Dual-Core brand refers to mainstream X86 -architecture Microprocessors from Intel. In 2007, the Pentium Dual-Core brand (of dual-core budget processors) revived the "Pentium" trademark[11] . Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Pentium Dual-Core brand refers to mainstream X86 -architecture Microprocessors from Intel. So, the brand containing Pentium trademark lost its "upper" position and became "mainstream" between the Core 2 and Celeron. The Pentium Dual-Core brand referred to laptop CPUs previously branded as the Core, and newer desktop ones with 1 MB of cache, which 2 MB-cache "cousins" were branded as the Core 2. In Computer science, a cache (kæʃ like "cash") is a collection of data duplicating original In 2008, the Pentium brand is to replace the Pentium Dual-Core[12]. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Microprocessor Quick Reference Guide. Intel. Retrieved on 2007-08-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures
  2. ^ Microprocessor Hall of Fame. Intel. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation
  3. ^ Microprocessor Hall of Fame. Intel. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation
  4. ^ Recap: dawn of mulit-core era - The multicore era is upon us - CNET Asia
  5. ^ Shilov, Anton. "Intel Readies Pentium E2000-Series Processors", X-bit labs. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed  
  6. ^ "Intel to unify product naming scheme", TG Daily. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed  
  7. ^ "Intel to unify product naming scheme", TG Daily. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed  
  8. ^ "Intel to unify product naming scheme", TG Daily. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed  
  9. ^ Names of processors
  10. ^ Recap: dawn of mulit-core era - The multicore era is upon us - CNET Asia
  11. ^ Shilov, Anton. "Intel Readies Pentium E2000-Series Processors", X-bit labs. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed  
  12. ^ "Intel to unify product naming scheme", TG Daily. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed  
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