New Core i8

Someone needs to clean out their inbox! :p

At least that price is decent, better than the $99,000 HP workstation I saw on The Egg a couple of weeks ago. :D
 
It would be awesome if they started calling it i4, i6, i8 with Haswell as I'm already getting confused with the multiple generations riding the same name, but then again Haswell is definitely not coming by December lol.
 
IntelEnthusiast said:
It is a typo becaue we don't make an Intel® Core™ i8 processor.
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That raises a question (and you are more likely to know) which I've wondered for a while. Why are the i- chips numbered 3,5 and 7?

I know it's not supposed to relate to any actual tech contained, or amounts of things, but there must be some reason! Was there ever a prototype i1 or i6 etc? Does the i stand for anything? I assumed it was just "Intel"? :D
 
Perhaps someone at Intel was a major BMW fan (3-,5-,7 -for their core lineup).
 
Is it because the number 7 supposedly represents the divine, and the Core i7 is a god among processors? lol :D Ego trip?
 
DeathPrincess said:
That raises a question (and you are more likely to know) which I've wondered for a while. Why are the i- chips numbered 3,5 and 7?

I know it's not supposed to relate to any actual tech contained, or amounts of things, but there must be some reason! Was there ever a prototype i1 or i6 etc? Does the i stand for anything? I assumed it was just "Intel"? :D
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For the same reason Intels enthusiast chipset is always X--, which is the same reason prices are always $49.99 rather than $50
 
When you start getting into marketing and the perception of what numbers mean it carries all kinds of different connotations. The number 7 almost always carries the meaning of divine or lucky. So going with a 3, 5, and 7 helps in setting the processors apart in a quick easy to use means.
 
IntelEnthusiast said:
When you start getting into marketing and the perception of what numbers mean it carries all kinds of different connotations. The number 7 almost always carries the meaning of divine or lucky. So going with a 3, 5, and 7 helps in setting the processors apart in a quick easy to use means.
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LMAO Zalman skipped the CNPS-13X for the same reason. 13 is unlucky.
 
One thing you'll notice about Intel's recent naming schemes is that they are all prime numbers IE: Core 2 Core i3 Core i5 Core i7

The next prime number is eleven, and "Intel Core i11" just doesn't sound catchy. What this knowledge DOES empower you with is the ability to spot fakes. One of my junior colleagues at my PC shop ran up to me and said "Hey man! Intel is releasing a Core i9!! its gunna be so fast!" I didn't even have to look at news articles or supplier lists to know it was a false rumour: 9 is not a prime number.
 
///M3 said:
i8 actually makes more sense than i7 with eight threads and all...
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Not all Core-i7 processors have 8 threads.

http://ark.intel.com/products/65714/Intel-Core-i7-3517U-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_00-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/65712/Intel-Core-i7-3555LE-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_20-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/64893/Intel-Core-i7-3520M-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_60-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/65713/Intel-Core-i7-3517UE-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-2_80-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/64898/Intel-Core-i7-3667U-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_20-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/58664/Intel-Core-i7-980-Processor-12M-Cache-3_33-GHz-4_8-GTs-Intel-QPI
http://ark.intel.com/products/47933...ocessor-12M-Cache-3_20-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI
http://ark.intel.com/products/63696...ssor-Extreme-Edition-15M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz
http://ark.intel.com/products/70845/Intel-Core-i7-3970X-Processor-Extreme-Edition-15M-Cache-3_50-GHz
 
WELL., it would seem that i8 is next... but they got so many numberzzzzzzzzz

they might go and just change it all around on us and repackage it all under new names
 
There were a few rumors that the first 6 core / 12 threaded chips would be called i9 but that did not happen.
 
madrebel said:
this is such a stupid myth.
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Ireland is changing its numberplate system (We currently use year-county-regnumber so 12-D-12345) next year because the motor industry said it would affect car sales if we had 13 for a first number.
 
8 core Intel CPU's are definitely coming. It's only a matter of when.

When they do - however - they will likely still be called i7's :p
 
Zarathustra[H];1039395612 said:
8 core Intel CPU's are definitely coming. It's only a matter of when.

When they do - however - they will likely still be called i7's :p
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Hmmm... ;)
 
I doubt they would market a new chip as i9 since that series is the itanium chips (9000 but still). Also 9560 yes please.
 
Zarathustra[H];1039395732 said:
Well, ye, they already exist for Xeon's, but I was talking about consumer parts :p
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Yeah, there have been 10-core Westmere Xeons for a few years now. Funny thing is, he 8-core Sandy Bridge EP chips are actually faster, heh.
 
The i3-5-7 naming convention is completely absurd as there are some CPUs in lower brackets which outperform the ones in the higher brackets so IMHO that naming convention is as useful as a rubber crutch but nowhere near as funny.
 
Weeth said:
The i3-5-7 naming convention is completely absurd as there are some CPUs in lower brackets which outperform the ones in the higher brackets so IMHO that naming convention is as useful as a rubber crutch but nowhere near as funny.
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Agreed.

Any naming scheme that tries to group CPU's of such varied specifications (core count, HT, etc.) into the same bins are going to wind up like this, because not all software is the same. Some software will take a lot of advantage of more cores, HT, etc. and others won't.

A naming convention based on what you are actually getting would have been a lot more useful.

I'd suggest something like this:

Core i(A)-(B)(K)-(HT)-(T)

Where:
(A)=number of cores,
(B)=base clock speed in Mhz
(K)=K if unlocked, nothing if not unlocked. (similar letters for low power versions etc.
(HT)= HT if HT is enabled, empty if not enabled
(T)= If turbo is enabled T(max turbo multipier of base clock), blank if no turbo.

Example:

My Core i7-3930K would be a:

Core i6-3200K-HT-T1.19

At least then you could look at the part number, and know what you are getting without having to pull up a spec sheet...

I just made this up on the fly, but SOMETHING like this should be possible rather than the arbitrarily made up names.
 
13 is only unlucky in neurotic patriarchal religions. 13 is actually a Goddess number, so it represents the female power.
 
Hiyruu said:
13 is only unlucky in neurotic patriarchal religions. 13 is actually a Goddess number, so it represents the female power.
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Weeth said:
The i3-5-7 naming convention is completely absurd as there are some CPUs in lower brackets which outperform the ones in the higher brackets so IMHO that naming convention is as useful as a rubber crutch but nowhere near as funny.
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I suspect that intel did that on purpose. They presumably don't want to draw attention to the fact that a top end ultrabook is less powerful than a low end desktop.
 
plugwash said:
I suspect that intel did that on purpose. They presumably don't want to draw attention to the fact that a top end ultrabook is less powerful than a low end desktop.
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Well whoever at Intel thought up the whole Ultrabook strategy should be hung drawn and quartered anyway. Ultrabooks are making epic phails like Microsoft Bob and the Edsel look like runaway success stories.
 
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