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Intel Roadmap Update: The Art of Naming Processors
THG writes "CoolTechZone.com has compiled a list of Intel processors from its roadmaps, and discusses Intel's naming convention. According to the article, 'Gone are the days when processor names were something as simple as their clock speeds. If you wanted a nice and powerful 3GHz processor, you simply asked for a P4 3.0GHz and that was it. Ever since Intel has decided to revamp its naming conventions, the confusion makes you wonder if the whole idea of renaming was a smart move. Moving on with Intel and it's desktop endeavors, the problem is that if the names were as simple as stated above, we would've somehow managed to figure them all out. But someone at Intel obviously wanted to ensure that we don't remember processor names without having a 100-page manual on product families, so there are modifications to each series, which may or may not be consistent across different series.'"
Proactive parties, who shall remain nameless, within the gates at Intel inform the Dredge Report IT Nooseletter that at the first sign of a superiour emerging processor technology from AMD will not be met with a hurried-up half-arsed cobbled together offering just to save face. Instead Intel plan to have ready several marketing campaigns to choose from which will proclaim something to the effect 'We've already got one, oh yes, it's very nice' while a fresh box of whips is sent off to R & D to move things along.
"think of BMW. Just like BMW has a series 3, 5, 6, and 7" except it'll be more like Fiat with a heatsink..."
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
"Of course, this isn't all that different from the convoluted way the French count... ;)"
Yeah, I've always struggled with the way the French count. Doesn't it go something like:
"0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8..."