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Rumour control: Nehalem given its proper name
It's the successor to Core 2, but it's not a Core 3
First there was Core, then there was Core 2 and Sesame Street’s infamous purple Count might have a good chuckle after announcing Core 3 is the name for the next Nehalem based Core. He’d be wrong, though, if this rumour is true. Expreview reports that Intel’s new Core architecture is going to be called Core i7.
The site claims that the new processors, as well as a new Extreme Edition CPU, will be announced on 11 August, although they won’t be available until the official launch in the last quarter of this year. Much like Windows 7, the news has led to some speculation about what the ‘7’ means. As The Inquirer says, it’s not Intel’s seventh CPU architecture, although it is the third Core model, which would make seven if you added it to the four models of Pentium before that. We know, we’re clutching at straws here.
Naming aside, Nehalem is going to be an interesting new CPU architecture, featuring an integrated memory controller and a new socket design. As well as this, Nvidia has also announced that Intel’s forthcoming X58 chipset will support SLI through Nvidia’s nForce 200 chip.
If this is true, what do you think of the Core i7 name, and what do you think it means? Answers on a postcard to the comments section below.
Via Expreview.
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Intel taking naming ideas from Apple... btw... Not a very good idea...
Comment by NikoBellic at 11:17am 11th August 2008
In the same voice as comic book guy of the simpsons. "Worst...name..ever"-DudQuitter Like "Nehalem" with the flem is any better lol!!
Comment by Warrior24_7 at 3:01am 10th August 2008
It's not like the CPU market is full of competing products, most buyers (ie not enthusiasts) don't know or care what's under the bonnet so long as it runs their software.
Comment by Landy_Ed at 12:40am 10th August 2008
Yep. Definately must be a typo of 17 cause it's the first chip to hit 17 GHz :)
Comment by elextro987 at 2:27pm 9th August 2008
i7 looks like 17 from a distance. Core 17, City 17....maybe they could have teamed up with Valve and codenamed it Gordon instead of Nehalem.
Comment by gavomatic57 at 1:29pm 9th August 2008
I just want on, slapped into my new nforce board, and hitting speeds of 6ghz+ on air. ^_^
Comment by Lightning_Pete at 10:43am 9th August 2008
the new intel core234 and a little bit of 8
Comment by snake668 at 4:29am 9th August 2008
In the same voice as comic book guy of the simpsons. "Worst...name..ever"
Comment by DudQuitter at 11:35pm 8th August 2008
7 Seven liberty Honey-Comb seven continents The Magnificent Seven The Return of the Magnificent Seven The candelabrum seven days in the and David Beckham lol . jj7
Comment by kingjohn721 at 7:30pm 8th August 2008
infinetly interacting incompetent internal instructors involved invariably? just pulling 'i's out of the air here to see what i come up with. give it a try.
Comment by yougotkicked at 7:20pm 8th August 2008
As when it appears in my sig on the forums here, everyone who's anyone [I.E. PC Enthusiast] will know that 'Yes, TSB's running the new Nehalem cpu'... To the yet-to-get-to-enthusiast-level members of the forum [I.E Newbies wanting to learn] It's apparent that the Core i7 is neither backwards compatible with previous 'Core' [in terms of physical design] && nor is it a minor overhaul of the C2D. && Finally to the 'n00bs' who shop [and generally work] at PC World, it's also a demonstration that again, it's something 'fresh' && comparably better than the upgrade from say a P3 to a P4 cpu, perhaps? & additionally as Sifter & Reashlin said, not limited to 3 cores, as not everyone is aware as we might be. =] However, I do think Nehalem might be worthy of a new 'badge' so to speak, so am somewhat disappointed. But don't forget, it is just a rumour for now!
Comment by thestockbroker16 at 6:48pm 8th August 2008
I don't I don't like it. i7 just doesn't do it for me. They should have named it Core3 like some others here suggested. However, if it kicks ass I'll still buy it no matter what it's called.
Comment by CSQuake at 5:32pm 8th August 2008
who cares if its as good as core 2 they could call it an asshat id still buy it lol
Comment by damafia at 5:07pm 8th August 2008
mind if companies wanted to make sure we knew exactly what version, the chip was we end up with 2008-08-08_162258_x86_32nm_p1_r1_v1 as a name
Comment by Hawkest at 4:18pm 8th August 2008
name thier products however they want... although it is nice to know what order they come in
Comment by Hawkest at 3:59pm 8th August 2008
name thier products however they want... although it is nice to know what order they come in
Comment by Hawkest at 3:59pm 8th August 2008
i=iteration , as in it was the 7th iteration of the new Design that became final? Bit of a long shot I'll admit! Plus if they carried that on, we'd all be dubious if the next remake became the Core i4743
Comment by countstex at 3:51pm 8th August 2008
I still know people that get confused a Core 2 can have 4 Cores.
Comment by reashlin at 3:44pm 8th August 2008
I don't know about that. Core 3 Duo or Core 3 Quad seems clear enough to me.
Comment by l3v1ck at 3:34pm 8th August 2008
Is that is kind of implies it has 3 cores. Which it doesn't.
Comment by Sifter3000 at 3:19pm 8th August 2008
Naming schemes in computer hardware are completely illogical and this is another example of that.
Comment by KanPai at 2:55pm 8th August 2008
as much as Intel hate them, they've looked at nVidia's naming system and thought "hey, that's a good idea!". Maybe they're hoping for a marketing field day "Windows 7 works best with an i7 CPU2...or an i7 iMac or something equally ridiculous
Comment by EdArch at 2:50pm 8th August 2008
It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue does it? ;)
Comment by l3v1ck at 2:41pm 8th August 2008
Sorry, Custom PC comments are now closed.
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