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I was thinking, Intels product names are really confusing

Duel Core
Core 2 Duo (Was there ever a core 1?)
Exxx (For desktops? What does this mean)
Pxxx and Txxx (For laptops, hm...)
Qxxx (Now that makes sense, Quad)

Core i7 (Huh? What does the i stand for, what is the 7 for)
Core i7 920 (Double huh?, the first i7 starts at 920)

They really seem to chop and change howthey name CPU's

Anyways, there are more important issues in life anyways. ;)
 
Shred said:
I was thinking, Intels product names are really confusing

Duel Core Easy - just has two cores
Core 2 Duo (Was there ever a core 1?) Actually, there was... I'm using one :p Only difference is that they called it plain Core Solo and Core Duo
Exxx (For desktops? What does this mean) Could mean "Everyday" use
Pxxx and Txxx (For laptops, hm...) Got me stumped there as well
Qxxx (Now that makes sense, Quad)

Core i7 (Huh? What does the i stand for, what is the 7 for) The lowercase i is for Intel, as for the 7 - it's not the 7th gen. CPU, so that doesn't make sense
Core i7 920 (Double huh?, the first i7 starts at 920) Not really that odd - series is a Core i7, model 920 (almost like series Athlon X2, model 4000+)

They really seem to chop and change howthey name CPU's

Anyways, there are more important issues in life anyways. ;)
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Well, I guess they wouldn't be Intel if they didn't have weird and wonderful names.
 
well there will be core i3, i5 and i7

Dont think I3 will be 775
 
Silverlight said:
Core i3 being LGAxxxx

What are the X's? :confused:
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Depending on the CPU, it can go up to 1366 - number of pins on the CPU. Core i7 will be 1366, with Core i3 and i5 being 1156 and 1155, respectively (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_Socket). The Xs are just placeholders - Intel probably still needs to announce the final pin count on the socket.
 
I've heard core i5 will be 1156

Core i7 is 1366

Not 100% sure with as to what Core i3 will be but i have a feeling nivek is right (LGA1066)
 
Shred said:
I was thinking, Intels product names are really confusing

Duel Core
Core 2 Duo (Was there ever a core 1?)
Exxx (For desktops? What does this mean)
Pxxx and Txxx (For laptops, hm...)
Qxxx (Now that makes sense, Quad)

Core i7 (Huh? What does the i stand for, what is the 7 for)
Core i7 920 (Double huh?, the first i7 starts at 920)

They really seem to chop and change howthey name CPU's

Anyways, there are more important issues in life anyways. ;)
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"Core" was the name of the "new" microarchitecture from Intel. Before that, they were using the Netburst microarchitecture

Yes, there was a "Core Duo". They had model numbers matching T2xxx.

The T-series and P-series processors are for notebooks. The E-series processors are for desktops. They're just model numbers.

Core 2 Duo is just the "marketing" name for these processors.

Core 2 Quad processors are identified by Q-series model numbers.

The new Core i7 range uses the Nehalem microarchitecture. Again, they have model numbers, and also range specifiers. The i7 range is higher-end. There is also i5 and i3 that are lower-end. The 920 just specifies a particular processor.

Why are all of these necessary? Because as the products improve, there may be many different ones that have the same clock frequency (e.g. 2GHz). So you can't use clock frequency to differentiate between them. What about cache size? Sometimes that is also not enough. Even specifying the name of the core is ambiguous, because many CPUs at various frequencies will share the same core name. So if we were to specify a particular processor, we'd have to list the full specifications. And that's why the model numbers are useful. They provide a shorthand method for specifying an exact processor. For example, the model number "T5800" is completely unambiguous. It can only refer to ONE type of CPU.
 
Don't you miss the good old days when you KNEW that a Pentium 166 was faster than a Pentium 100 by 66%?

These days, to buy a computer, you need to read 700 pages of wikipedia and tomshardware to figure out what you should be buying.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Don't you miss the good old days when you KNEW that a Pentium 166 was faster than a Pentium 100 by 66%?

These days, to buy a computer, you need to read 700 pages of wikipedia and tomshardware to figure out what you should be buying.
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Tell me about it :rolleyes: busy trying to get a new cpu and motherboard took the whole day just trying to figure out if the cpu I want is ACTUALLY better than what I have.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Don't you miss the good old days when you KNEW that a Pentium 166 was faster than a Pentium 100 by 66%?

These days, to buy a computer, you need to read 700 pages of wikipedia and tomshardware to figure out what you should be buying.
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Unless it had MMX, then it was like 1 000 000 times quicker :) I agree though, it was easier when Intel just had one line of processors, and buying the latest one would result in a performance increase....
 
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