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Intel still nuts:

we are focusing our strategy around a primary 'hero' client brand which is Intel® Core™. Today the Intel Core brand has a mind boggling array of derivatives (such as Core™2 Duo and Core 2 Quad, etc). Over time those will go away and in its place will be a simplified family of Core processors spanning multiple levels: Intel® Core™ i3 processor, Intel® Core™ i5 processor, and Intel® Core™ i7 processors. Core i3 and Core i5 are new modifiers and join the previously announced Intel Core i7 to round out the family structure. It is important to note that these are not brands but modifiers to the Intel Core brand that signal different features and benefits. For example, upcoming processors such as Lynnfield (desktop) will carry the Intel Core brand, but will be available as either Intel Core i5 or Intel Core i7 depending upon the feature set and capability. Clarksfield (mobile) will have the Intel Core i7 name.

What will happen when Intel moves to 32nm? The next generation of Core chips will have similar clock speeds but they'll be far more efficient. Will Intel stick with the Core i3, i5 and i7 names and make it difficult for consumers to know or will they tack on further "modifiers" to make it, er, easy.

It was so simple when Intel had Pentiums and Celerons for consumers.

Link via Hardocp where a commenter says:

New intel naming scheme!

"Core i"(2k+1) where k is a natural number.

Comments

[Cafe Alpha]

hmm so if it's "core X" then "e^(π X) = -1"
since "e^(π iN) = -1" where N is an odd integer :p

[Professor Hale]

I remember learning all the differences between processor types, as well as how to write a batch file. looking back it all sees to pointless now. Now I try to only learn enduring knowledge.

As you might guess, I don't learn very much these days.