Any speculation why "Nehalem" is called Core i7?

[Bateluer]

At least the Intel marketing department is no longer designing CPUs . . .

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
At least the Intel marketing department is no longer designing CPUs . . .

Too bad the software guys aren't either.

 

[OCGuy]

Breaking it down piece by piece, and looking at it logically:


i7 = The world "Identical" has 2 letter "i"s in it, and so does "ingenious". Maybe they are saying the core features are identical to the ingeniousness of another word with an "i" in it, Istanbul.

i7 = 7 deadly sins, 7 seas. 7/31 flavors at Baskin Robins are actually pretty good. Need I say more?

 

[Ratman6161]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider
IMO the P4 doesn't even need to be in the list because it represents a deviation from the actual engineering evolution of the Pentium to what it is today and what it will be with Nehalem.

1. Pentium / Pentium Pro
2. Pentium II
3. Pentium III
4. Pentium M
5. Core Duo
6. Core 2 Duo
7. i7

Good point. The core line evolved from the Pentium III. Pentium IV was a deviation and also one of the reasons AMD did well for a while.