Have you ever wonder of how those big companies come out with the idea of how to name their companies? Like me, probably you might think some of the big names are just a common word that we speak everyday like Yahoo!, or the company just simply comes up with such a name.

Well, this page gives you a better idea of knowing how the big names are created. I am not too sure about the validity of the creation of the names, but I felt it is something really interesting to share with you all. Of course, if you know the original idea of naming those names listed, feel free to tell us in the comment area.

I will just list down some of the famous ones :-

• Yahoo!
  It’s actually an acronym for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”. See the name history. Before this, I thought it is just a simple word “Yahoo”.
• Sun Microsystems
  Now only I know it means the acronym for Stanford University Network.
• Microsoft
  Originally called Micro-Soft, which is the suppose to be a short form of MICROcomputer SOFTware. The ‘-’ was then removed.
• Intel
  I thought it means Intelligence, but in fact it is the acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.
• Hotmail
  Named as such was not because the email is hot, but because Hotmail includes the letters “html”, which is the most widely used programming language on the Internet. Initially, HoTMaiL was the way how it is written.
• Cisco
  Actually it’s the abbreviation of San Francisco, and the company logo is the image of Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Before knowing the real reason, I thought the logo is some form of signal wave.
• Apple Computers
  Apple is the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. LoL … This is classic !

I have just come across a very well written article comparing mobile processors, both Intel Pentium-M (Dothan) and AMD Turion64. I know, there are tons of articles comparing the two, but I found this selected review is comparing as scientifically fair as possible. In other words, the review picked laptops with the specifications as close as possible and running benchmarks more than once to produce reliable results, not like some other reviews comparing totally different laptop setups (like this one).

Of course, there are limitations of the review (which doesn’t?), such as running most of the benchmarking off the AC plug. This is because running off AC plug and off the battery would possibly results in difference on performance of the laptop.

Furthermore, you will definitely be surprised of some benchmarking results like file compression, multimedia and battery life. After reading through the review, I can’t agree more with some of the conclusions made.
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Intel Pentium-M vs AMD Turion64

Ok guys, this is definitely a stunning news for anyone using Intel Pentium D processor (actually it is as stunning for everyone else ) !!

Intel Corp. recently revealed that its Intel Pentium D processor is actually 2 Intel Pentium 4 cores on the same package !! This announcement was made by Jonathan Douglas, a principal engineer in Intel’s Digital Enterprise Group (responsible for making chips for office desktops and servers) at the conference at Stanford University.

Quoted:
“Intel was unable to design a new memory bus in time for the dual-core chip, so it kept the same bus structure that older Pentium 4 chips used”

“We’re putting two cores in one package; it’s like trying to fit into the pair of pants you saved from college”

In fact, Pentium D’s bus could support two separate single-core processors, but it was far less efficient than either the dual-independent buses that will appear on the Paxville processors (Intel forthcoming server chip) or the integrated memory controller used on AMD’s chips (a true Direct Connect Architecture !!).
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What? Intel Pentium D Is Actually Two Pentium 4 !!

Guys, how fast is your PC processor is running? 2.4GHz? 3.8GHz? or 4Ghz after you overclocked it?

You will get shocked when you know the current world record of computer processor overclocking is 7.1335 GHz !!! It’s almost double the speed of the fastest processor available in the market now.

This new record was set by a Japanese overclocker named Memesana, who has managed to overclock Intel Pentium 4 670 microprocessor to that extreme speed and even run certain benchmarks on the system by using liquid nitrogen for cooling purposes.

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New Overclocking World Record : 7.1335 GHz !!

Intel Corp. on Monday, 25 July, 2005, announced plans to begin production of their microprocessors built on 45nm process technology in the second half of 2007. These chips will be produced from a new 300mm wafer fabrication facility at its site in Chandler, Arizona, which designated as Fab 32.

The announcement not only shed some light to the new microprocessors technology, it brought good news to the job market too. The new facility will create up to 1000 new Intel jobs at the Arizona site over the next several years too. This is because even during the construction phase, more than 3000 skilled trades people will be hired to work on the project. Once completed, Fab 32 will become Intel’s sixth 300mm wafer facility.
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Intel 45nm Processors In 2007

Intel Corp. has added three new mobile chips into the family but did it quietly without announcing any statements on the news and without including them into the official price-list too.

Three new additions to the mobile processor family are :-

• Intel Pentium-M 780 (High-end)
  - Operates at 2.26GHz at full power.
  - 2MB of L2 cache
  - 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
  - 27W Thermal Design Power (TDP)
  - 90nm Technology
  - Contains special architecture enhancements in addition to Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) support
  - Built-in Execute Disable Bit (EDB) security capability

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Intel Released New Mobile Chips