I286= the first used in IBM PC AT (early 80's) 16 bit I386= used late 80's to mid 90's 16/32 bit I486= used early 90's to late 90's 16/32 bit I586= P1-P2 (correct me if I'm wrong) 32 bit I686= Atlons, P3 and P4. 32/64 bit With best regards Tomas Larsson Verus amicus est tamquam alter idem All messages originating from me are scanned with the latest updates of Norton Antivirus 2K3. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] För Krautkramer, John Skickat: den 17 mars 2004 16:27 Till: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Ämne: CPU Designations Hi, I realize this is a very basic question but here goes... What are the CPU designations expressed by: i286, i386, i486, i586, i686, etc. I assume the first 2 are Pentium II and Pentium III respectively. What specifically are the others? I have the latest Pentium 4 with hyperthreading. What is that CPU in this naming scheme? Thanks in advance! John -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list