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RE: any explanation to the name?
By SeanMI on 8/11/2008 12:26:01 PM , Rating: 3
You're probably right, but I'm sure the first core is labled as "Core 0"...That would leave the last core as "Core 7".

Think that could be it?

RE: any explanation to the name?
By HsiKai on 8/11/2008 12:33:09 PM , Rating: 2
For now Nehalem (i7) is only coming out in dual- and quad-core configurations, so no. I agree with the OP, it's probably the seventh iteration of Intel processors.

RE: any explanation to the name?
By SeanMI on 8/11/2008 1:11:06 PM , Rating: 2
But unlike previous quad core processors, it has hyperthreading enabled which presents 2 "virtual" cores per core...yielding 0 through 7.

RE: any explanation to the name?
By HsiKai on 8/11/2008 1:29:00 PM , Rating: 3
Yes, but the dual-core Nehalem processors are also in the i7 series. The octo-core processors will also be i7. They will not be i3 and i15 respectively.

RE: any explanation to the name?
By SeanMI on 8/11/2008 1:55:31 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah yeah, you're right...I thought about that after my first post. I was wondering when someone would mention that :)

I think they should have an i3 and i15 though. Think of it as a new convoluted performance rating system.

RE: any explanation to the name?
By HsiKai on 8/11/2008 2:49:27 PM , Rating: 3
Because the average consumer isn't already inundated with obscure marketing terms and designations already. =)

RE: any explanation to the name?
By PCXLFan on 8/11/2008 6:56:32 PM , Rating: 3
I guess they learned something from the nvidia's marketing strategy, and decided confusing consumers is an excellent strategy.

Wouldn't it be awesome if they muddy the water even more and create letter specifications for each model of the I7 which have even less rhyme and reason?

I7 XT = 2.2ghz, I7 GT = 2.4ghz, I7 YT = 2.6ghz, I7 YTS = 2.8ghz, I7 YR = 3.0ghz, I7 ASS = 3.2ghz w/unlocked multiplier.

RE: any explanation to the name?
By HsiKai on 8/11/2008 7:54:06 PM , Rating: 2
I agree, but I also think they learned not to ever bring up the "Pentium" and especially "Pentium 4" brands ever again and so decided to resume their prior generational sequence without the use of "Pentium" since this is a completely different architecture and has an amazingly positive connotation. Perhaps they will push marketing the actual architecture/steps in their tick-tock cycles rather than making up new names for everything. iX scales much better than "Core 3 Quad/Octo ... Core 4 ... Core 9 ... Core X ... Core XII."

Although ATI's naming convention (of going from the 9000-series to X-YYY) did seem fairly reasonable compared to Nvidia's, as you point out. Or they could just botch the whole system by appending each product with "XXX."

RE: any explanation to the name?
By afkrotch on 8/12/2008 1:49:22 AM , Rating: 2
Yes, because XT, XTX, XTS, X2, Pro, etc weren't confusing either. At least both of them have consolidated their lineup or simply shrunk it (in the case of AMD/ATI).

RE: any explanation to the name?
By FITCamaro on 8/11/2008 1:40:11 PM , Rating: 4
Yes but now you're assuming the common public knows how things work in a computer.

