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("P" from Pentium, 6 from 686, the successor to 586 which is what the Pentium would have been had it followed the naming scheme its predecessors) The name for the Pentium Pro during development.
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P6The Intel code name for the Pentium Pro. The P6 generation includes the Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III and Celeron chips. See Pentium and microarchitecture.
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