Hagbard CelineJan 17
AssertionError("Joe Groff")
if Intel x86 processors had consistent versioning (inspired by https://sharkey.skydevs.me/notes/ahj2cr1lojtd005z)
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Show threadJohn RegehrJan 15
@joe Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 or gtfo
Show threadAssertionError("Joe Groff")Jan 15
@regehr i admittedly couldn't figure out how to extend the chart past "Pentium 4" because there's just…too much going on after that
Show threadMad EngineeringJan 15
@joe Supposedly the whole pentium name.was because they tried to trademark 586 and were told they could not trademark a number.
Show threadestelleJan 15
@joe i was there for people saying "686" but usually in the same way as "windows amplifier"
Show threadAssertionError("Joe Groff")Jan 15
@estelle sent from my Apple Internet Telephone
Show threadEvanJan 15
@joe Not quite 8087 was a math coprocessor and 8088 was a downgraded 8086
Show threadLonghornJan 15
@joe Pentium Pro missing :D
Show threadAssertionError("Joe Groff")Jan 16
@never_released that would be a good one. Pentium Starter, Pentium Home Basic, Pentium Home Premium, Pentium Pro, Pentium Enterprise, Pentium Ultimate
Show threadFélixJan 16
@joe @never_released Pentium C, Pentium S, Pentium, Pentium Plus, Pentium Pro, Pentium Pro Max, Pentium Ultra
Show threadAssertionError("Joe Groff")Jan 16
@fay59 @never_released but like a third of those are actual chips aren’t they
Show threadFélixJan 16
@joe all of the haters who say that Apple can’t innovate anymore might be on to something
Show threadembixJan 16
@joe @fay59 @never_released They are 🙈 Pentium Silver, Pentium Gold, Pentium Roentgenium...
Show threadMichaelJan 16
@joe @never_released IIRC Pentium Home Basic was the one that was renamed to Celeron in a last minute decision
Show threadJames WidmanJan 16
@joe @never_released thank you for making "ultimate" the last one in the list
Show threadGarrett WollmanJan 16
@joe @never_released P6, P7, P8, P9, …
Show threadmattpdJan 16
@never_released @joe An important consideration: Going by Pentium Pro (which should've been 686) starting "Family 6" and Diamond Rapids switching all the way to "Family 19" (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Diamond-Rapids-Family-19) have we now reached 1986?
Intel Diamond Rapids Switches To "Family 19" In Ending Intel Family 6 CPU Era

Months ago Intel Linux engineers began adapting the Linux kernel to end the assumptions made around 'Family 6' for Intel CPUs that had been used since the 90's with the Pentium Pro as the CPU family ID

Show threadReid Jan 16
@joe 8087 does exist, though
Show threadvfigJan 16
@joe today i learned about the name "iAPX 286"
Show threadAaron Sawdey, Ph.D.Jan 16
@vfig @joe you can’t call a processor by a name like that unless it has a grid graphic on the documentation
Show threadRootWyrm 🇺🇦Jan 16
@joe @atax1a if AMD x86 processors had consistent versioning:
Show threadRootWyrm 🇺🇦Jan 16
@joe @atax1a I really wish Mastodon would let me just edit when I forget to change from followers only. >:(
Show threadhackilluJan 16
@joe Dude, I thought about that recently! Good job!
Show threadARGVMI~1.PIFJan 16

@joe

The 8087, 8088, and 8089 are all Intel products: a floating-point coprocessor, scaled-down 8086, and I/O coprocessor, respectively.

“80086” vaguely resembles a dirty word, by the way. 🤭

Show threadgod damn gremlinJan 16
@joe the iAPX branding comes from a failed product line iirc and the 80186 and 8086 were actually marketed with it (iAPX 86, iAPX 186) for a bit
Show threadARGVMI~1.PIFJan 16

@aleteoryx

The product in question was the iAPX 432, Intel's first 32-bit microprocessor. Intel eventually gave up on the idea and made the much more successful 386.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432

@joe

Intel iAPX 432 - Wikipedia

Show threadJohn Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Jan 16

@joe

It almost seems like there should be a song about Intel processor names, maybe something like this...

Utah Saints - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
remix of the 1982 Simple Minds track

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-89kwk_nx9Q

#music

Utah Saints - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)

YouTube
Show threadehurtley Jan 16
@joe Need to have the actual 8088 on there. Where it belongs _beneath_ 8086.
Show threadehurtley Jan 16

@joe Needs Pentium Pro.

Pentium Little League - Pentium Junior Varsity - Pentium Varsity - Pentium Collegiate - Pentium Amateur - Pentium Minor League - Pentium Pro - Pentium All Star - Pentium Olympian?

Show threadJean-Sébastien GuayJan 16
@joe I was looking for the rick roll... Did I miss it? Is it more subtle than what I expect?
Show threadvoidJan 16
@joe wasnt 80286 and 80386 actually used for some time?
Show threadcrispycat Jan 16
@joe
>Sexium
no jokes to be made here
Show threadSimon TathamJan 16

@joe on a related subject, I thought the best era of Windows version numbering was when it was periodically increasing by more than an order of magnitude – Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 2000.

I was looking forward to seeing boxes in shops labelled "Windows 3 × 10⁸", and was disappointed when they changed the scheme again!

Show threadHakan BayındırJan 16
@joe Did you know that Intel's PCI IDs are 8086 and 8087? :D
Show threadAdam SjøgrenJan 16
And then there was the astounding success of Itanium...
Show threaddiegorJan 16
@joe till they reach windows googol (10^100)
Show threadJamie BoothJan 16

@joe

I see sanity was preserved before trying to figure out core, core duo, and core 2 Duo. 😁

Show threadTransbian Whores (Seraphine)Jan 20
@joe mmm sexium

- posted by Seraphine