Intel Dothan to be called 'Pentium M 700'

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Intel will assign its 90nm desktop and mobile Pentium and Celeron processors to 300, 500 and 700 series under its anticipated new naming scheme, according to Taiwanese reports. Unnamed PC makers cited by DigiTimes say the naming scheme will be launched next quarter.

The launch will see the 2.8GHz Prescott Pentium 4 renamed the P4 520, the 3GHz will become the 530 and the 3.2GHz model the 540. Celeron chips will become 300-series parts, the 90nm Pentium M - aka Dothan - will take on the 700-series classification. The DigiTimes leak almost certainly shows relative performance for 800MHz FSB Prescott its unclear what figure the 533MHz FSB versions score, or the P4 Extreme Edition with its 2MB of L3 cache, for that matter.

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News source: The Reg

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#1 neufuse on 19 Mar 2004 - 14:07

cool, sounds good

(2 replies) #2 dreamthief on 19 Mar 2004 - 14:14

Finally Intel makes this move. It's gonna confuse most newbies on processors. But i think this is a great chance for AMD to stand out for their raw pure performance (not just looking at clockspeed).

People would change their mindset from oooo.. P4 2.8Ghz, it's definitely faster than AMD 2500++ crap

#2.1 LordHatrus on 19 Mar 2004 - 14:59

here here!

#2.2 rogerroger on 19 Mar 2004 - 19:05

Long live AMD.

Confused Intel only confuses the masses.

#3 neufuse on 19 Mar 2004 - 15:08

only thing that will get confuseing is if they do the little downshift thing in nameing... like some companies do...

example:

FA12,FA15,FA18,BA10,BA15,BA90,DC100,DC120

I hate when people number like that, sure the numbers go in cronilogical order... but the prefix always seems to be some random crap

(2 replies) #4 Grappa on 19 Mar 2004 - 15:12

What an excellent idea! I can see it now...

Salesman: "Here we have the Athlon 3000+ and the Intel P4 540."

n00b: 'Well heck, 3000 is bigger than 540...'

#4.1 neufuse on 19 Mar 2004 - 15:21

AMD will probably change their nameing scheme also to match the new intel scheme *LOL* it would be wierd saying an AMD 3000 is the same as an intel 700, since AMD's was based off the intel MHz nameing scheme, AMD will probably change it to match like Athalon 700+ etc... but then that'd really confuse people that had no idea even more

#4.2 Fanon on 22 Mar 2004 - 14:31

AMD is already using a different naming scheme with their server procs. It's only a matter of time before that heads to the desktop procs.

(2 replies) #5 xp1ode on 19 Mar 2004 - 16:16

eh..

, i liked the whole naming thing better, people can get more creative with names, instead of these numbers crap.... oh well what can you do...

#5.1 neufuse on 19 Mar 2004 - 16:24

we could give them GUID numbers for chips as names

Intel Pentium 4 C60CF68E-9DFA-4A27-9681-28723C1F2ACC

that'd really confuse people, hehe

#5.2 Starman on 19 Mar 2004 - 16:33

Ah, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(1 reply) #6 Glen on 19 Mar 2004 - 17:49

Now, if only the numbers were actually based on performance, it would make sense. But then, when has marketing ever made sense.

#6.1 KXM on 19 Mar 2004 - 18:59

If I recall correctly, it based on BMW's naming scheme. So in a way it is.

(2 replies) #7 xStainDx on 19 Mar 2004 - 18:02

/me hates.

#7.1 xp1ode on 19 Mar 2004 - 19:21

im with you on this one, number naming sucks ass....

#7.2 ~*McoreD*~ on 22 Mar 2004 - 02:06

I will join you two with this one. This new naming system sucks.

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