intel's naming scheme

[mewannafastpc]

is there a theme to intel's core naming?
cuz for amd it's horses: thoroughbred, mustang, barton, etc..

 

[pxc]

Intel uses names of rivers and towns to name PC processors. There are a few exceptions... for example, Banias is a lake in Israel, but that processor was designed in Israel.

Also, before a Ford and others complained, AMD was naming processors after cars/planes (Spitfire, Thunderbird, Mustang).

 

[mewannafastpc]

interesting...

 

[CentronMe]

I cant believe you have not heard the names Northwood, Tualatin or Mendocino before...

 

[Harrath]

AMD had codenamed all of the K6 processors after characters from The Land Before Time (Little Foot, Chompers, Sharp Tooth).

 

[mewannafastpc]

i never head of those places northwood and such

 

[Big Worm]

Originally posted by Harrath
AMD had codenamed all of the K6 processors after characters from The Land Before Time (Little Foot, Chompers, Sharp Tooth).

What a mistake too