Nehalem to be called Intel core i7

[Dapman02]

Good bye core 2 duo, hello core i7...what does i7 mean?

Source: engadget

 

[Automata]

i7..."Because it is just that awesome"

 

[karkas]

Good bye core 2 duo, hello core i7...what does i7 mean?

Source: engadget

Not liking the name

What does it even mean? i7? Just doesn't really make sense to me but maybe I'm missing something.

Good to finally have a name for it tho

 

[Dapman02]

maybe i7...because you don't have much of a choice
(than it would be awsome if AMD came back)

 

[Shiggity]

Sounds more like a car name, I don't like it at all.

I've liked AMD's names as of late, too bad they are...yeah.

 

[karkas]

Sounds more like a car name, I don't like it at all.

I've liked AMD's names as of late, too bad they are...yeah.

Yeah, I'm praying AMD can break off some speedy miracle CPUs to match their cool names soon...

I hope I win the lottery soon too....

 

[Khato]

I bet you they are sold to the fact that everything starts with an "i" is hip and sells, thanks to Apple . ithis, ithat and now i7. 7 probably has to do something with the generation. There you go folks, mystery solved .

 

[Shiggity]

I bet you they are sold to the fact that everything starts with an "i" is hip and sells, thanks to Apple . ithis, ithat and now i7. 7 probably has to do something with the generation. There you go folks, mystery solved .

good point, didn't think of that

 

[karkas]

I bet you they are sold to the fact that everything starts with an "i" is hip and sells, thanks to Apple . ithis, ithat and now i7. 7 probably has to do something with the generation. There you go folks, mystery solved .

It's 2008 release, it should be i8 imo, that makes a bit of sense, but maybe that will be westmere?

 

[e6600]

It's 2008 release, it should be i8 imo, that makes a bit of sense, but maybe that will be westmere?

7 for the cpu generation, not the year = =

 

[karkas]

7 for the cpu generation, not the year = =

Ah, that makes total sense.... this is really only the 7th generation from 8086? I didn't realize that.

 

[Hardin]

It can't be. The Pentium Pro/Pentium 2/Pentium 3 was the P6 and then they had netburst.

 

[grimm003]

short for i786?

 

[Surfrider77]

Very odd. Core 2 Duo / Quad made a hell of a lot more sense. It seems even stranger from a marketing point of view.

 

[eaglescouter]

iPhone
iPod
i7


yeesh.... did Apple buy iNtel?

 

[Albyno]

should be 8 for core amounts and year of release

 

[Dapman02]

Very odd. Core 2 Duo / Quad made a hell of a lot more sense. It seems even stranger from a marketing point of view.

Maybe it's going to be for the quad neha's and for the dual it will be Core 3 duo.

 

[SeanBest]

Uncool name ... should have named it like ... Intel Pie Processor ... I mean come on, EVERYONE likes some kind of pie.

 

[svirfnebli]

I can't see how it could bve in reference to the 786..

Pentiums were the 586
Pentium Pro was 686
Pentium II was supposed 786 I thought..

Following that logic (totally guessing from here on out)

PIII would be 886
P4's Would be 986
C2D (or I guess pentium pentium :> ) would be 1086

Maybe the 7 is elite speak for a T... like iT or "Information technology" ? That's just way to lame to be true.

svirf

 

[Blackstar]

iThink they ran out of iDeas.


-iBlackstar