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    2 hours ago

    Honestly, we know where the root of this problem came from. Back in the 1990s Intel broke with convention of using ever increasing numeric model numbers

    • 8086
    • 8088
    • 80186
    • 80286
    • 80386
    • 80486
    • Pentium …wait, what?! Not 80586? Nope.

    Intel didn’t like that other CPU manufacturers of x86 CPUs (AMD, Cyrix, IBM) could use the same numbering scheme. So Intel created “Pentium” because it could be copyrighted/trademarked so other companies couldn’t use it.