Intel To Change Processor Naming Scheme

Intel's new series of processors will be named based on features, not solely on speed.

After years of driving the personal-computer market by promoting the ever-increasing speed of its microprocessors, the Santa Clara chip giant said Friday that new chips will bear names that denote features rather than “clock speed.”

Future incarnations of Intel’s entry-level Celeron microprocessor will be dubbed the 300 series. The more powerful and pricey top-of-the-line Pentium chips will be designated the 700 series.

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