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Intel Releases New Pentium M Processors

Posted by timothy on from the leapfrog dept.

doormat writes "Its been known for a while, but now it's official, as Intel releases Dothan, the 90nm version of Banias, aka the Pentium M processor. It also debuts Intel's new numbering scheme. The fastest new part is a Pentium M 755 2GHz w/ a 100MHz FSB, and 2MB of L2 on die cache. Reviews are starting to tip up as the NDA expires. One is at Tom's."

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  1. Hmm by odano · · Score: 5, Funny

    For some reason I don't think it is a coincidence that intel basically stole BMWs numbering scheme...

  2. Naming Scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm more excited about the change of naming scheme than anything else. I was afraid they were going to call it the Super-ultra-mega-fantastic PentiumEXTREME X32000. "Pentium M 755" sounds like a car.

  3. Intel fanboys around the world do a 180... by rokzy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...over an AMD-style rating system instead of GHz.

    the resulting transfer of angular momentum changes the Earth's orbit moving it slightly further away from the Sun.

    the increased distance and lower temperature makes cooling easier. AMD stock set to skyrocket.

    1. Re:Intel fanboys around the world do a 180... by The_Mr_Flibble · · Score: 2, Funny

      You have a hairdryer ??????? I thought this was slashdot

    2. Re:Intel fanboys around the world do a 180... by sotonboy · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have solved this, my PC _IS_ my hairdryer. I dry my hair and check my email at the same time, saving 0.05 hours per day.

    3. Re:Intel fanboys around the world do a 180... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      ... I don't like my computer being louder than my hairdryer.

      This isn't 1977,
      ...so I hope you're a girl.

  4. It's all about the Pentiums baby... by OgTheBarbarian · · Score: 1, Funny

    Technology Today 2025, Intel releases ANOTHER Pentium CPU, the ZQX4055 with a slightly smaller die size, fibre obtic AI managed L1 cache and New Car Smell! NEXT!!!

  5. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Intel now has more chip models then users. In their quest to sell to all markets at the same time, they now have have more then 6 billion choises, where the current planet population is about 5.2 billion.

    1. Re:In other news by zhenlin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Forsooth, in what yeare of our Lorde didst thou cometh across this olde giokke? Methinks the population of this worlde is at six thousande million now, 'twas at five thousande million when I was a wee childe.

  6. In other news ... by psergiu · · Score: 3, Funny

    AMD is switching to the Mercedes numbering scheme while releasing the two new processors: Duron A 160 and Athlon64 SLK 600 KOMPRESSOR

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    1. Re:In other news ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Intel is expected to counter AMD's latest efforts with the release of a chip simply called the "Pentium Type R" this fall, as reported by The Register. The stripes alone give it a 10% boost.

    2. Re:In other news ... by TeknoHog · · Score: 2, Funny
      Athlon64 SLK 600 KOMPRESSOR

      Does it have hardware bzip2?

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  7. Welcome to the silly numbers by DrYak · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just can't wait until they start using really stupid and cryptic numbers, like the GPU companies :

    Will the Pentium 5 X159-XL-SE be more power full than a Pentium 5 X150-Pro-Ultra ? Or less powerfull than a X160-LE ?
    Does it compare to an Athlon 64 Dual FX-95e 4699+++ ? ...I think websites with benchmarks like toms' will get more popular...

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  8. Hmmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    These new names seem about as useful as self confessed penis inches. Real world benchmarks?

    1. Re:Hmmm... by frozenray · · Score: 2, Funny
      > These new names seem about as useful as self confessed penis inches. Real world benchmarks?

      Your wish is my command:
      #!/bin/sh
      LC_ALL=C
      echo `uptime|grep days|sed 's/.*up \([0-9]*\) day.*/\1\/10+/'; \
      cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep MHz|awk '{print $4"/30 +";}'; free|grep '^Mem' \
      |awk '{print $3"/1024/3+"}'; df -P -k -x nfs | grep -v 1k \
      | awk '{if ($1 ~ "/dev/(scsi|sd)"){ s+= $2} s+= $2;} END \
      {print s/1024/50"/15+70";}'`|bc|sed 's/\(.$\)/.\1cm/'
      (stolen from someone's Usenet sig)

      "With a castle that big, do you think maybe Lord Farquaad is trying to compensate for something?"
      Shrek
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  9. Future Intel processor numbers by nacturation · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're interested in Intel's future processors and how they'll be numbered, please look at the handy chart available here.

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  10. Re:'cut me up' by The_Mr_Flibble · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh yeah, Over here in good old blighty bmw's are renowned for their drivers inabilty to care about other road users. I think similar to suv's over in the states.

  11. Re:'cut me up' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    hm... "cut me up" seems to indicate that the person has a knife and they're about to carve you like a side of roast beef. Then again, "cut me off" has a rather eunuch connotation to it.

  12. Marketing by Ed+Avis · · Score: 4, Funny
    From the article^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hpress release:
    The new chip opens up advanced applications to notebook computer users like full-screen high-definition video playing and mobile videoconferencing, while keeping the PC relatively light, Intel said.
    Isn't that just what they said for the previous line of processors? If this new chip is needed for videoconferencing, are we to conclude that the previous chip couldn't do it, contrary to what Intel said at the time?

    (My point is, reprinting inane press releases does nobody any good.)

    I'm surprised that the marketing department missed the upcoming opportunity to label dual-core CPUs with 'twice' the clock speed, as is done for bogomips.

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