Gregory's Server@TomF Interesting! Can you say more about the different design languages? Also, do you know why the chip was called the P54C? P5 makes sense for the Pentium but P54C seems random.
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 @TomF Interesting! Can you say more about the different design languages? Also, do you know why the chip was called the P54C? P5 makes sense for the Pentium but P54C seems random. 1 comment
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@kenshirriff There's also P54CS and P54CQS, but I don't know what the letters mean, sorry - way before my time.
The original P54C was done in Intel's in-house design language, which was then retired in the 90s I think. Fortunately the design had been ported to more modern design languages like VHDL or Verilog in the meantime, so then we took that version, ported it yet again to the absolutely newest language that Intel was using.