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The Meaning Behind Intel Code Names?

Posted by Cliff on from the have-fun-with-it dept.

Scozza asks: "In the name of science and decency, we have been trying to find the meanings of the code names used by Intel for their processors. The only problem is that we can't find links to a couple of names and would really appreciate it if Slashdot could help fill the blanks!"

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  1. Next code name... by Exitthree · · Score: 4, Funny

    Denial not just a river in Egypt (based on AMD's latest sales numbers).

  2. Rivers...rivers... by ForestGrump · · Score: 5, Funny

    With all these chips named after rivers, one has to question:
    Is Intel going downstream?
    Sadly, the latest sales figures seem to indicate so.

    -Grump

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  3. Re:Additions... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Foster is also a street in Portland. The topless bar at 92nd and Foster is quite the hole.

    If I made chips, I'd name them all after nudie bars in New York.

    Goldfinger: The high end enterprise chips like Xeons.

    Vixen: Top of the line consumer chips like the P4.

    Foxes: The older formerly high end chips for desktops.

    Candlewoods: The low end consumer chips like Celerons.

    Port'O Call: The bottom of the line old crusty rejects like the first Pentiums (66 - 75 Mhz).

  4. Re:Names... by photon317 · · Score: 2, Funny


    And ZZ Top is from Texas, of course.

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  5. Northwood, by Evoluder · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure about the rest, but Northwood is definitely a pornographic reference to Peter North.

  6. Re:As a former Intel employee... by peripatetic_bum · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uhhh, as a current employee of intel, I can tell you we release an unladen african swallow from our offices and where-ever it lands, that's our new codename.

    Yeeshh.

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  7. Re: Your Sig by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

    >> Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems

    Yeah, yeah. But when detention is over and that pretty girl goes home, you're gonna be sorry you've got blisters all over your hand.

  8. Re:As a former Intel employee... by Gunfighter · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I can tell you we release an unladen african swallow from our offices and where-ever it lands, that's our new codename.

    Why not a European swallow? For that matter, why not a swallow carrying a coconut (perhaps grabbed by the husk?).

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  9. I work at Intel... by snot+whistle · · Score: 2, Funny

    I work at Intel and the names basically translate to "Is this thing supposed to get so hot?"

    Some of them mean "hey, watch the lights dim when I open MSWord!"

    Another means "This one is really really big, and heavy too."

    There ya go - mystery solved!

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  10. I haven't figured out the system yet... by raider_red · · Score: 2, Funny

    I haven't figured out their code naming system yet, but I'm sure there's some numeralogical way to add them up to 666.

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