Before the release of Intel's new generation of processors, it was easy to track the progress of computers (and also to find out how outdated your PC is). All that you had to do was to find out the number label of the latest Pentium processor. For example, if your computer is run by a Pentium II processor then it is two generations older than a Pentium IV computer. Recently, however, things got a little bit more complicated.
If you've been to a computer store lately, you'd see showcases of units powered by processors like Pentium D, Pentium M, CoreDuo and Core II Duo. So what happened to the numbers? Why the sudden shift of labels?
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