3/24/2026 at 12:08:06 PM
Ah the pentium, aka 5-ium due to the penta- prefix. It is actually a nod from 4 to 5, but Intel wanted some cool name, and they decided penta + premium would sound cool, hence pentium.But still, internally we call it i586, because that's the way it is. so is Pentium MMX which I reckon is called i686.
by stevefan1999
3/24/2026 at 6:18:56 PM
Trademarks> The name invoked the number five, but was completely trademarkable, unlike the number 586.
by gabrielsroka
3/24/2026 at 8:33:19 PM
> but Intel wanted some cool name, and they decided penta + premium would sound cool, hence pentiumsome say that they tried to add 486 with 100 and the result had some numbers after the comma, that's why they named it pentium (yes, i know about the FDIV bug)
by hulitu