Intel: oh yeah, and we're calling Nehalem Core i7
By Ryan Block 
posted Aug 10th 2008 4:41PM
posted Aug 10th 2008 4:41PM
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I am so confused. Just name then 1,2,3 ect. PLEASE!
Core i7, oh of course! It makes perfect sense!
/facepalm
There must be a reason to the i7 code name but seriously.... what does it means!
iNtel iNside Core i7. iSick of iLetters iN iNames of iThings. i yi yi yi yi.....
26 freak'n letters in the alphabet and they pick the most over used one since 1998.
How about:
PENTIUM 1
PENTIUM 2
PENTIUM III
PENTIUM IV
PENTIUM V
PENTIUM VI
PENTIUM VII...
Intel must have an entire seperate division working on these stupid names.
Whatever happened to that XIIVXI bullshit they started a year ago?
Now they've got a picture of 5 brains and if your computer sucks, you have 1 or 2 brains, but a good computer is 4 or 5 brains??????
All I can say is, you people out there planning to buy a computer better do lots of homework cause if you don't, Best Buy is so gonna take advantage of you.
Look you guys, it's not hard to figure out:
Pentium 4 - 4th Generation
Pentium D - 5th Generation
Core 2 - 6th Generation
Core i7 - 7th Generation
Now the "i" could either mean "integrated memory controller (IMC)," or maybe...just maybe, Apple has something to do with this.
But I honestly don't care about Nehalem / Westmere *skips*
I'm going straight from Core 2 Extreme QX9650 to Core i8. Sandy Bridge anyone?
I think it's more like
286
386
486
586 a.k.a. Pentium
686 a.k.a. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium M, Core, Core 2
786 a.k.a. Core i7
I don't know where the "i" comes in though...
they have some crazy looking gradients going on there.
what a crappy logo, fire that designer.
It's actually like this:
486, Pentium - 4th gen
Pentium - 5th gen (P5)
Pentium Pro/2/3/M/Core/2 - 6th gen (P6)
Pentium 4/D (P68)
Core i7 - 7th gen
Yeah they are ugly but it seems they're dropping the Duo, Quad, Octo, etc. and are going to be separating them by colors now.
Yeah, I think Pina has it right. That's what I came up with..
"i" is probably Intel. Technically their instruction sets are/were IA-32 and IA-64, so it's not unprecedented.
What's more confusing is their gfx department. There has to be like 3 different lighting sources going on with that failed glassy-look attempt. It looks concave in some parts but raised+gloss in others. What???
Actually... the "i" stands for intergrated graphics core. That's the big deal with these CPUs. Woo. Intergrated Graphics =S
Intel shouldn't need to cater to morons who can't figure out a branding. It ain't brain surgery. Hell its not even picking wax out of your ear/
Rejected Nehalem proposals:
iChip, iCPU, iProcessor, iNtel, iCore, iProcess.
On a side note, a lot of other news sources used a capital "i" which was so confusing since it's impossible to differ that from lowercase "L" in which case it would be the "el-seven".
"i" is for iteration. "i7" is the seventh iteration of the Pentium design. And expect the eighth iteration of the Pentium design to be "i8". Simple.
lol @ "Core 3 Trio Quad Duo Pro Extreme Edition"
Why the "i7"? A throwback, a tribute maybe. Those of us who cracked-open computers prior to the Pentium will remember seeing "i386" or "i486" on the CPU. "i" stood for "Intel", of course.
As for "WHY NOT PENTIUM NAEM!?", I'm personally glad to see that name gone. It implied 5th generation tech, the "586", which is long, long ago. Ya, the chips are related, but far more evolved. If you want to make that argument, why not i786?
The obvious question would be...Why???
Pure speculation follows:
Pentium I-IV - named as such
Pentium V - Core
Pentium VI - Core 2
Pentium VII - Core i7
Of course, I still think it's a horrible name. This is where consumers get confused because the marketing department of a company can't get it's damn act together and use the LOGICAL name for future products.
Definitely wish they had gone with Core 3. Would have made things simpler in the long run.
they're probably adopting the bmw naming scheme.. the i7 is the best one, low end versions will be i1, i3, i5..
intel is a bmw sponsor in the formula 1, after all, so it all makes perfect sense. mystery solved.
*scratch scratch*
I though it would be the Intel Core 3 Trio Quad Duo Pro Extreme Edition with MMX
damn, i gotta clean up all these dandruff.
wait, wut
srsly
this might be confusing, but those are some awesome looking stickers!
I can't help but ask, WTF? I miss the good old days when things were just Pentium 1-2-3-4...
The Pentium III 1GHz was the best thing that ever happened to the Earth.
I used that processor and accomplished lots of internets and Diablo II.
If anyone here reminisces over Celeron please raise your hand so I may shoot you. I used a 1ghz Celeron for around 2 years and they were some of the worst times of my life.
If anyone here reminisces over Celeron please raise your hand so I may shoot you. I used a 1ghz Celeron for around 2 years and they were some of the worst times of my life.
Sorry, I just thought that Celeron was so bad that I just had to reiterate.
hmm
would the "i" be related somehow to Apple?
would be interesting ;o
(PS im no apple fan, only thing i have is an ipod which broke couple days ago)
It is not really related and Intel has been using the "i" brand for a long long time. Their first CPU where they used it was their [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432"]iAPX 432 (CPU) in 1981[/URL] which is way before Apple had even thought of using the "i" brand and Intel came with the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i960"]i960 (CPU) in 1988.[/URL] Intel launched the i740 (GPU) in 1997, Apple came with their iMac in 1998 and their iPod was launched in 2000/2001.There are a couple of other Intel products that use the "i" brand name from Intel as well, although I'm to lazy to name those :p:. In other words, Intel has been using the "i" brand way longer than Apple has, although Intel used the "i" to represent Intel in the sense that i=Intel and Apple just uses it because it sounds cool.
I apparently can't edit my posts, so here is the properly readable post:
It is not really related and Intel has been using the "i" brand for a long long time. Their first CPU where they used it was their iAPX 432 (CPU) in 1981 which is way before Apple had even thought of using the "i" brand and Intel came with the i960 (CPU) in 1988. Intel launched the i740 (GPU) in 1997, Apple came with their iMac in 1998 and their iPod was launched in 2000/2001.There are a couple of other Intel products that use the "i" brand name from Intel as well, although I'm to lazy to name those :p:.
In other words, Intel has been using the "i" brand way longer than Apple has, although Intel used the "i" to represent Intel in the sense that i=Intel and Apple just uses it because it sounds cool.
Some linkies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i960
don't forget the iAPX 286, i386 and the i486
I'm just waiting for Apple to come out with an "aPod"... or its educational counterpart: "ePod". I'm still working on the "jPod" - is one better than "i"
So now it is officially the 786 processor. This is a much better solution to calling the 586 "Pentium".
TEG
They only called the successor to the Pentium the Pentium II, because they couldn't very well call it the Sextium, and expect sales folk to say it without cracking up.
7 would be the Septium? Heptium?
So, for the unlearned of us, how many cores is it?
8 I think
4, although it will act as if it has 8 cores. Which is the same as the Pentium 4 with HTT (HyperThreading) did, that had 1 core and acted as if it had 2 of 'em.
7, obviously. can't you people read??
- 2 or 4 core CPUs for both laptop and desktop processors. Many dual core for either platform will have integrated GPUs in the CPU package.
- 4 core CPUs ("Gainestown" Xeon) for both single and dual processor (DP) workstations and servers
- 8 core CPUs ("Beckton" Xeon) for quad processor and higher (MP) servers. These will replace the 6-core, 45nm Core-based "Dunnington" Xeons.
"Initial products based on this microarchitecture are expected to be in production in the fourth quarter of this year. These processors will feature Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, also known as simultaneous multi-threading, and are capable of handling eight software "threads" on four processor cores."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7
Hopefully that clears your question up.
This is probably related to "Hackintosh" due to that "i"...
Like other people have said, Intel has been using the i way before Apple ever did. Jeez, either know what you're talking about or leave the unnecessary Apple comments out of things.
You're like, such a fanboy. Gosh!
Intel Gen 7...we just have to waste more of our breath trying to say the name.
fuck yeah celeron!
fuck yeah celeron!
BINGO!
Look at all those reflections on the logo. It MUST be good!
How many reflections do they have going on in that logo? I've completely lost all idea of any kind of shape.
Sure Gen 7, but being Octo-cores, you'd think there'd be an eight in there somewhere.
The Nehalem is 4 cores and 8 threads
I thought it was just gonna be Intel Core 3 processors, but meh!
Was looking forward to saying "Intel Core 3 Oct" or whatever lol
I have heard a dual core version with 4 threads 2.66ghz ??
4 core version with 8 threads and 2.93ghz ??
an 8 core version with 16 threads, though this one will be a server based CPU and or EE version 3.2ghz??
could be wrong though you never know and maybe I read to far ahead in the timeline and assume all this at beginning of release
seeing as the name is pretty much official it should not be far off for an early demonstration. (something more in depth compared to what tomshardware.com did)
so it matches your windows 7 logo?
i7 = iteration seven?
I like that.
Oooo
Was about to say that myself!
The shiny glass effect is officially out of control.
To add to the other comments about it being "Intel, Seventh Generation": Notice the "i" in "intel" and the "i" in "i7" are in the same font, where the "e" in "intel" and the "e" in "core" aren't (and "inside" for that matter, being the italic version of the font used for "Core").
Does that help?
What did you say about my momma?!
Why can't the industry just adapt names like Apple has. iMac, and you figure out the specs depending on the year.
Intel, Core 2 Duo 2008. Simple.
Well, because honestly, it sucks
personally I think Intel's original naming scheme was better (Pentium, Pentium 2, Pentium 3) etc.
They need to pick a brand name and make it independent of the architecture name. Core would work really well, its short, simple, memorable, and already has a reputation.
That gradient use is so heavy and overdone it starts getting cool.
Oh, I remember the good old days when Moore's Law translated into a real doubling of speed every 1.5 years. Now everyone's all gaga about a 1.1x to 1.25x improvement. C'mon intel, you can do better than this.
haha Well one thing is for sure no matter what they call it, they are going to take shit over it.
Pentium, Core, i7 are all different architectures for those confused why they don't call it Pentium anymore.
That's like being upset they didn't call the Jetta a Beattle 5.0
I think they ought to eliminate the word "core" from the name if the number of cores is not present in the name.
I've got a suggestion...
i7 = inane, 7otally
Not to say the use of the letter "i" in branding hasn't become inane in just about every other context, but perhaps Intel just wants to shout it out loud.
Seven deadly sins
Seven ways to win
Seven holy paths to hell
And your trip begins
Seven downward slopes
Seven bloodied hopes
Seven are your burning fires,
Seven your desires...
what the fuck?!
You guys ever heard of Iron Maiden?
no, i don't listen to iron maiden, and i don't see why that song is relevant to this post
How many times does the word 'seven' appear in that post?
Ummm, it's clearly relevant to i7, duh.
Nice Iron Maiden reference, tim.
What's wrong with being a geek and listening to metal?
/Closes mind back up tight
Dopey was totally gay, bit Doc was totally into Snow White.
What? My post is *totally* relevant.
Oh! and Kevin Spacey was *way* out of line with that whole head in a box thing.
Also, Monday is *really* annoying, but Friday and Saturday are way fun!
Touchdowns are really cool too, if you make the extra point!
Two point conversions are good too, but they're completely irrelevant to the discussion. I'm sorry I brought them up.
uhhhmm.. **creeped out**
crap that was supposed to be in reply to the dude that rambled on about 7 things
Whenever Intel "simplifies" their naming convention, they end up with the same overly complicated naming scheme issues again. Pentium D/M.. then Core solo/duo, Core 2 duo/quad, Extreme/non-Extreme, Server/Xeon/Desktop/whathaveyou..
Launch, new cleaned-up naming convention:
Core i7 Mobile
Core i7 Desktop
Core x7 Server
Down the road:
Core i7 Nano (future Atom-like low-power CPU, dual-core)
Core i7 Mobile (duo laptop)
Core i7 Extreme Mobile (quad laptop)
Core i7 Desktop (duo)
Core i7 Super Desktop (quad)
Core i7 Extreme Desktop (extreme quad)
Core i7 Super Extreme Desktop (octo)
Core x7 Server (duo Xeon)
Core x7 Extreme Server (quad Xeon)
Core x7 Super Extreme Server (octo Xeon)
etc, etc.. and so on and so forth
are you Intel employee?
Where is the mystery ?
"JR @ Aug 10th 2008 6:51PM
I think they ought to eliminate the word "core" from the name if the number of cores is not present in the name.
WRONG - Intel core had 2 cores just like core2
Jonathan Worrel @ Aug 10th 2008 5:17PM
Look you guys, it's not hard to figure out:
Pentium 4 - 4th Generation
Pentium D - 5th Generation
Core 2 - 6th Generation
Core i7 - 7th Generation
Now the "i" could either mean "integrated memory controller (IMC)," or maybe...just maybe, Apple has something to do with this.
You missed Core (the one before Core2 )
Pentium D was just a dual core Pentium 4
I think the obvious reason for avoiding Core3 is it's even more confusing, Core2 Duo and Core2 Quad are confusing for the technically unenlightened.
Also AMD produce 3 core processors so Core3 would be too associated in most consumers minds.
It's simply version 7 with a retro i, like intels old chips, since apple have brought the small i back into vogue.
What is actually "wrong" about what I said? This processor has 4 cores right? What is the purpose of calling it "Core"? I just think that including the word core with various numbers (2, 4, duo, quad, and now "7") is silly and maybe confusing, regardless of whether those numbers refer to the number of cores or not.
excuse me.
has anyone thought of i7 = intel 7
Yes. Read.
Can you imagine that there are probably groups of people at Intel, and all they do is come up with another new shitty naming scheme?
Obviously the have to comeup with something new every year so they can check off their IMBO's and have something for focal. Otherwise, they'd probably be out of a job. Bureaucracy at its finest.
Sweet, new stickers for the keyboard of my laptop...
+1 for a Mr. Block article-
it's lines like:
"(which means that it's not getting the code name we all thought it'd carry: Core 3 Trio Quad Duo Pro Extreme Edition)"
that really make me love engadget more than other gadget news sites.
Some of the other posters are good too though, don't get me wrong.
Good luck with your new Co. Ryan!
Thanks!
Nehalem is my next desktop. You will be mine. Oh yes. Nehalem will be mine.
Wow, looks like someone just learnt how to use the gradient tool in photoshop and went all out...
oh and btw...the pentium name is not to be mentioned after you know who, suked at you know what.
Note to Intel: I'm available for logo design. Call me!