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New Intel Trademark Filed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gross-conjecture-reigns dept.

jmanforever writes "Reuters is reporting that 'Intel Inside VIIV' and 'Intel VIIV' were filed as U.S. trademarks. The question is, what does VIIV mean? Could this be the Roman numerals for 6-4 indicating a 64-bit chip, or could this be the Roman numeral five twice, separated by two lines, indicating the dual cores of the Pentium 5 chip?"

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  1. pentium 5 by I+r+CommanderCool · · Score: 3, Insightful

    if it is pentium 5, it better be 64 bit.

    1. Re:pentium 5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      I remember the good old Commodore 64 ...

    2. Re:pentium 5 by magarity · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'm surprised they've kept the "Pentium" trademark so long

      That's like saying you're suprised Ford is still using the 'Mustang' name for some cars that have only loosest similarity to the first year Mustang. It's called 'Brand Awareness' and companies spend jillions on marketing campaigns to make consumers want [insert trademarked name here]. The name 'Pentium' is going to be used for as long as Intel can get mileage out of it.

  2. My first thoughts by Tsiangkun · · Score: 2, Insightful

    six, four. Hmm I wonder if it's for a 64 bit chip.

    I didn't think about the 5 II 5 interpretation, and I doubt the market who needs to know "intel inside" would understand the symbol either way.

  3. VIIV = 2x P4's... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    VI...IV - see, it's mirrored, hence 2 P4's.

    It's probably not designed to be pronouced numerically, just as "Viv" or similar (Veev?).

    If Slashdot was running on a dual core P4, it'd have to be known as /..\ or something.

  4. 5 [parallel sign] 5 by azpcox · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's simply their multiple core pentium 5.

    Don't get hung up on the Roman Numerals.

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