Intel to Rebrand Kaby-Lake Pentiums towards "Pentium Gold"

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/04/2017 12:04 PM | source: | 15 comment(s)

In it's latest product notification Intel is renaming the Pentium G series of processors from the current Kaby lake generation towards Pentium Gold.

The product notification send out towards its partners stated specifically that the Pentium G4560, G4600 and G4620 need to carry the new logo and text "Pentium Gold" reports Tweakers.net today. This change also would suggest Pentium Silver models to be appearing soon, we assume the Pentium N50000 will be doing just that.

The Gemini lake series is the successor towards Appolo lake procs that end up a lot in notebooks adn ANS units. Intel recently did the same with Xeon series processors offering Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze models.

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#5478394 Posted on: 10/04/2017 01:37 PM

But but but i want Pentium Platinum

Jesus Intel with every new day looks more and more like kindergarten o_O instead company with grown ups

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#5478410 Posted on: 10/04/2017 02:20 PM

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#5478445 Posted on: 10/04/2017 03:26 PM

I'm not sure I understand the marketing behind this. It's inconsistent compared to the rest of their product lineup, and I feel like in some cases it could make a Pentium Gold seem like a fancier product than an i5.

Also, it's a bit of an oxymoron. Gold represents rarity and value, but this product is a commodity and one of the cheapest in Intel's lineup. Meanwhile, if the 18-core i9 was called something along the lines of "Core i9 7980X Gold" I'd have thought that was a good product name.

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#5478453 Posted on: 10/04/2017 03:54 PM

Intel marketing thought things were getting too clear, and had to have a new name for everything.
Pentium Gold = Proper CPU, Pentium Silver = Atom SoC.
Makes you want to buy Intel, doesn't it..................

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#5478501 Posted on: 10/04/2017 07:03 PM

Looks like Intel wants their 2c/4t Pentiums to have their own brand.

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#5478544 Posted on: 10/04/2017 09:36 PM

Looks like Intel wants their 2c/4t Pentiums to have their own brand.

this brand already exist... it's "PENTIUM" but now they add extra segmentation... with 1 or 2 unit in each of those, i don't know what they will do???

will a Celeron gold be as powerfull as a Pentium rusted metal??? who is the more powerfull Rhino or Elephant??? ketchup or mayonnaise??? ... so much awnserless question lol

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#5478546 Posted on: 10/04/2017 09:41 PM

But but but i want Pentium Platinum

Jesus Intel with every new day looks more and more like kindergarten o_O instead company with grown ups

Instead it became a company of grown downs...

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#5478576 Posted on: 10/05/2017 12:26 AM

does Intel want to hit us about the new Pentiums prices ?

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#5478581 Posted on: 10/05/2017 01:01 AM

You mean, to HINT?
Yes, or, maybe, the copper printed tracks will be swapped for golden, he, he...

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#5478583 Posted on: 10/05/2017 01:04 AM

So they're actually trying to polish a turd

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#5478596 Posted on: 10/05/2017 02:30 AM

Gee Intel, now I want i9 gold.

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#5478604 Posted on: 10/05/2017 04:05 AM

Shiny name change to convince plebians to buy it when there are better options from the competition.

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#5478678 Posted on: 10/05/2017 12:03 PM

Is this a new currency ? If you want to buy i7 it will cost 4 Pentium Golds

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#5478711 Posted on: 10/05/2017 02:56 PM

If gaming in 2017 has taught me anything, I expect these gold CPU's to require micro-transactions where you buy "platinum" from Intel to unlock extra cores and features.
It's sooo obvious guys, this makes TOTAL sense.

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#5478729 Posted on: 10/05/2017 03:33 PM

You mean, to HINT?

Yep hint was what i though i wrote !

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