Published: Friday 8th August, 2008 | Author: Parm Mann
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email to a friendIntel, the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer, has announced that its Nehalem processors will be branded as Core i7 when they launch later this year.
The shiny logo, similar in size and design to Intel's existing Core 2, will be blue for standard models, and black for Extreme Edition CPUs.
Intel's first Core i7 processors, codenamed Bloomfield, are expected to land in Q4 as 2.66GHz and 2.93GHz parts, accompanied by a range-topping 3.2GHz Extreme Edition.
Meanwhile, speculation is rife as to why Intel has chosen Core i7 as the name for its Core 2 successor. Many have suggested that Nehalem is technically Intel's seventh-generation architecture, and that i7 could simple stand for Intel 7.
Our first reaction to the proposed branding wasn't exactly a good one. Core i7 doesn't quite roll of the tongue, though, Apple fans will no doubt be happy to see the "i" nomenclature getting even more exposure. Microsoft, similarly, may appreciate the similarity between Core i7 and Windows 7.
What do you think of Intel's chosen name for Nehalem? Did you have any imaginative names or your own, or were you secretly hoping for a return of the Pentium brand? Share your thoughts in the HEXUS.community forums.
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I have one question. I saw here www.core-i7.com (http://www.core-i7.com/) that the release date is october 2008. Can anyone confirm this?Quote
I remember when we had i386 and then i486 (back when AMD made clones, the "i" distinguished them), then they stopped licensing the designs and changed the name of the next chip to Pentium (as it allowed copyrighting....a number cannot be)
Pentiums would have been 5th generation CPUs (hence the "Pent"), I guess that makes Core2 sixth generation......Nehalem = i786 ? :)
Perhaps numbers aren't a problem to them any more now that there is a VERY distinguished difference between each manufacturers CPUs? I'd have loved to see it called i786 or i80786 for "old times sake" :)Quote
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