January 14th, 2006
Intel Drops Pentium Branding
By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
This is really no surprise, as Intel seems entrenched in rebranding itself, as we described late last year and, the brand had already disappeared from mobile CPUs. However, it was still part of the desktop CPU line, but now that’s going too.
TG Daily says that sources indicate that “that Intel will drop the Pentium name without making a major announcement, but simply transition to processor names such as ‘Intel D 920′ or ‘Intel 672′ without introducing a new brand.” More details at TG Daily.
We Say: I was actually surprised earlier when they dropped it from the mobile line but not the desktop line. It didn’t really make sense, but still, I’m not sure how well this will be received. Apparently, OEMs are not happy with this, and I checked a news forum I frequent and they’re surprised there also. Frankly, it’s a lot easier to look at a PC and remember the CPU is a 3.6 GHz P4EE (or even a 3.6 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition in longhand) than an Intel D 920.
Haibat says:
In this year there are lots of changes in the intel. Do u think it is good. I dont thin’k so, i just wana give you an advise that if you have to change the names then please provide that new thing to every country especially the poor countrys’ like Pakistan and others.
Thank you.
January 14th, 2006 at 11:40 pm