"In a move that will change how millions of consumers buy their PCs, Intel later this year will adopt a new system for differentiating its processors that de-emphasizes the widely used gigahertz, or clock speed.
Sources familiar with Intel's plans said that the chipmaker in May will begin affixing each of its new processors with a number designed to help consumers decipher how the features stack up against other processors in the same family. Intel will use numbers in the ranges of 300, 500 and 700, similar to the model numbers BMW uses on its sedans. "
"The company is most likely to label each chip with its family name, such as Pentium M, first. Its processor number, such as 700, will follow"
So that would be ///M7, ///M5, ///M3![[:D]](/images/smilies/biggrin.png "Big Grin [:D]")
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Sources familiar with Intel's plans said that the chipmaker in May will begin affixing each of its new processors with a number designed to help consumers decipher how the features stack up against other processors in the same family. Intel will use numbers in the ranges of 300, 500 and 700, similar to the model numbers BMW uses on its sedans. "
"The company is most likely to label each chip with its family name, such as Pentium M, first. Its processor number, such as 700, will follow"
So that would be ///M7, ///M5, ///M3
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BMW was there first!