Intel Names Upcoming Chips

Phooey42 writes "USA Today is reporting that Intel has finally announced names for their new set of desktop and notebook processor lines, previously dubbed Conroe and Merom. The new chips for both the desktop and laptop lines will be dubbed "Core 2 Duo", whereas their new "premium processor" for high end desktop users will be called the "Core 2 Extreme". Knowing Intel, who would have ever thought that the successor to the Core Duo would be the Core 2 Duo!?"

Comments

Suggested name for the next line of processors:

[guitaristx]

Intel CoreTwin 2 Duo Pair, Mark Two!

Two many?

[HugePedlar]

Let's extrapolate: How long until we get the Core 2 Duo Duplex Beta II?

thank you for calling the Corey Hotline

[frankie]

Clearly a better sequel to Core Duo would have been The Two Coreys.

Just wait for the next chip.

[hal2814]

The successor to the "Core 2 Duo" will be the "Core 2 Duo: Championship Edition." Alas, folks will illegally mod the chip to the point that Intel releases its own "Core 2 Duo Turbo Hyper Fighting" modified chip to combat such modifications. Then they'll release "Super Core 2 Duo" but it'll bomb for the most part and it's home version will nearly bankrupt the company.

Got to be some subtlety here

[dilvish_the_damned]

I know there has got to be a number of ways to make fun of these name choices. My problem is everything I come up with is obvious and pedantic
I am guessing Intel had the same problem.

I read in a magazine

[knn03]

I read in a science magazine that these names are 50% unoriginal and 50% lame.

Rejected alternat names

[Billosaur]

• Moe & Curly
• Heckle & Jeckle
• Tom & Jerry
• Captain & Tenille
• Brad & Angelina
• Sonny & Cher