Pentium, Cyron, Core, Xeon, Athlon, Xuanlong, Shining Dragon, Drill Dragon (commonly known as Poison Dragon), Ryzen, Xiaolong...In the history of processors, Intel and AMD have contributed too many catchy and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Especially Pentium, Ceyron, Athlon, and Shinlong, these former names are still active in the low-end field.
However, there is no banquet that will never end. We will start saying goodbye to Pentium and Seyen.
Intel officially announced that there will be no Pentium and Celeron brands in the notebook processor product line in 2023, and will be replaced by the new "Intel Processor".
Intel said that 's move can simplify the product line and facilitate consumers to choose the most suitable processor. Intel will focus on three flagship brands on mobile in the future: Core Core, Evo, and vPro.
As for whether Pentium and Cyron on the desktop will also be replaced, Intel did not say explicitly.
Pentium brand has a history of 30 years. It was born in October 1992. It is the fifth generation of Intel microprocessor. It was officially launched in March 1993. Its initial frequency was only 60MHz and 66MHz.
Ceyron brand was born in March 1998. It was built to cope with AMD's low-price strategy. The first-generation product is the same as the Pentium II architecture and interface, and also supports MMX multimedia instruction sets, but the second-level cache is cut off and the FSB front-end bus frequency is reduced.
