Messages in this thread | | | From | davej@suse ... | Date | Mon, 23 Oct 2000 01:46:12 +0100 (BST) | Subject | re: K6-2+ name (was Re: AMD CPU misdetection?) |
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In the words of Barry K. Nathan :
> > Why they didn't call it K6-4 is anyones guess. > I read somewhere (I don't have a URL handy, sorry) that the reason AMD > went with K6-2+ is that, apparently, the K6-2 name is well-known, and > they wanted to build on that...
Sounds like a marketing thing. Not really an excuse imo. The "Oh, K6-4. I must upgrade" brigade would've justified the name for more than confusing people. At least K6-2+ is mostly used in laptops from what I've seen, so the confusion is limited.
Maybe there just wasn't enough architectural difference between the K6-3 & the K6-2+ to justify calling it the K6-4. AFAIR, the powersaving speed changing is the only thing thats changed.
I'm buying a K6-2+ laptop tomorrow, so I guess I'll find out more then :)
davej;
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