# 286, 386, 486... where would modern Intel processors fit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 3, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/286-386-486-where-would-modern-intel-processors-fit/439944 "2008-03-03T18:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/286-386-486-where-would-modern-intel-processors-fit/439944/21 "2008-03-04T11:48:32Z")
[QUOTE=DanBlather] That work was done in Israel away from all the BS engineers had to put up with when working on the flag chip processor. When it was demonstrated to have better performance it became the flag ship processor line. [/QUOTE] Can you expand? What BS? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/286-386-486-where-would-modern-intel-processors-fit/439944/22 "2008-03-04T16:03:30Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] And of course, either “Sexium” or “Hexium” would have had the Christian fundies screaming that the new chips were either designed for downloading porn (the Sexium) or to be a tool for witchcraft (the Hexium) 😃 (I’m not joking. You should read some of the stuff I’ve come across where some fundies have called computers “satanic” after finding out that they have little programs called “daemons” in them.) [/QUOTE] Actually, it’s not just the fundies. First time I saw CIDAEMON.EXE listed in my Task Manager, I wondered if it was some sort of malware. What is a daemon, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/286-386-486-where-would-modern-intel-processors-fit/439944/23 "2008-03-04T16:08:59Z")
[QUOTE=BJMoose] Actually, it’s not just the fundies. First time I saw CIDAEMON.EXE listed in my Task Manager, I wondered if it was some sort of malware. What is a daemon, anyway? [/QUOTE] A daemon is a “faceless” background process (like a print spooler): [Daemon (computing) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computer_software%29) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/286-386-486-where-would-modern-intel-processors-fit/439944/24 "2008-03-04T16:09:37Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] And of course, either “Sexium” or “Hexium” would have had the Christian fundies screaming that the new chips were either designed for downloading porn… or… to be a tool for witchcraft… [/QUOTE] They could have called it the “Sectium”… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/286-386-486-where-would-modern-intel-processors-fit/439944/25 "2008-03-04T17:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=Dominic Mulligan] Can you expand? What BS? [/QUOTE] Just the usual crap that comes in corporate life: endless meetings, changing requirements, heavy process, etc. I heard all of this second-hand, so no cite I am afraid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/286-386-486-where-would-modern-intel-processors-fit/439944.md?page=1)