Nehalem's official name: "Core i7"

[HunterDT]

I think they named it i7 because it looks cool. Everything these days is "i" something. I'm surprised they didnt name it the Intel iProcessor

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: HunterDT
I think they named it i7 because it looks cool. Everything these days is "i" something. I'm surprised they didnt name it the Intel iProcessor

For 8+ yrs you post 25 times, and this topic is what it takes to bait you into posting a 26th time? Talk about a tough crowd!

 

[faxon]

lol he has a point though. it just sort of makes sense, taking a page out of apples book. plus now apple can advertise that their processors even start with the letter I!!! thats +1 in intel's book, since it means higher demand for them, especially since the apple goers tend to have a larger budget even in tough times.

 

[imported_wired247]

It's obvious.


The letter "i" is cute. It is harmless. It is a nice little letter you could bring home to your parents. It can stand for "Intel." Or just "I," as in: "I have a kick ass new CPU."

It's not EXTREME or ADULT-ONLY like the letter "X". Just the sheer magnitude of this letter injects fear into the hearts of conservative parents everywhere. Hell, even X-Rays are quite dangerous if we don't use them in moderation.

It's not "e" which quite frankly, is so 5 years ago. And, you wouldn't want to be confused with eMachines.

It's not "A" through "F", which either sounds like something childlike (ABC's) or a letter grade in school.

"G" or "H" sounds far too apologetic.

"J" through "N" are far too unmemorable letters. They are from the dead center of the alphabet, which is a marketing no-man's land!

"O" looks like zero, and causes far too much confusion.

"P" ... well we've been there already haven't we?

"Q" ... far too obscure.

"R" "S" "T" - far too common

"U" - Again, far too obscure.

"V" - It's been done, and it was called: V for Vendetta.

"W" - considering there is no tungsten in the CPU, it would just be a strange letter to use.

"Y" - As in, "why should I buy this stinking CPU"?

"Z" - BMW and Nissan have already crowded the market with the Z4 roadster/coupe and 350/370Z. No more room for CPU's.

:laugh:

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: wired247
"G" or "H" sounds far too apologetic.

Lol!

I love Friday posts, we all be drinken.

 

[intangir]

Originally posted by: Idontcare
Look at the i3 in that list. The P5 spanned from 1993 0.8um 60MHz Pentium to 2001 0.13um 1.4GHz Tualatin.

And for all the architecture and ISA changes that when into the P5 evolution over that timeframe, the author of the list of i#'s is saying "yeah, it's all i3".

You made some good points, but this particular one is wrong. The Tualatin was a PIII chip, which was P6 architecture. P5 only covered the original Pentium and Pentium MMX. The PPro, PII, and PIII were all P6 architecture.

You can wander on over to Sandpile for a refresher on the particular models. Too bad that site hasn't really been updated in 2 or 3 years....