Intel claims there is no relevance to the name i7?

[Fleck]

Wouldn't this technically be the Pentium 7? P4, Pentium D = 5, Core Duo = 6?

 

[h3llb3nd4]

and core quad??

 

[Fleck]

and core quad??

There is no 'Core Quad', just Core Duo with 2x the cores.

 

[newtekie1]

The Pentium D was still part of the P4 generation, so it should be considered the 6th generation.

There is no 'Core Quad', just Core Duo with 2x the cores.

By that logic, there was no Pentium D, just Pentium 4 with 2x the cores. Which was the case, but why would you consider the Pentium D differently than the Core 2 Quad?

 

[Fleck]

The Pentium D was still part of the P4 generation, so it should be considered the 6th generation.



By that logic, there was no Pentium D, just Pentium 4 with 2x the cores.

Yeah but Core Duos are still called Core Duos.

I didn't know Pentium Ds were dual-core P4s though, def news to me, thanks.

 

[h3llb3nd4]

ahhh now I understand....

 

[newtekie1]

Yeah but Core Duos are still called Core Duos.

I didn't know Pentium Ds were dual-core P4s though, def news to me, thanks.

They have two different names. Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad. Before that was the Core Duo, which was 2x Pentium M cores.

The process went:

Pentium
Pentium II
Pentium III
Pentium 4
Pentium M = Core
Core 2

I guess this would be the 7th generation...of course there are the generations before the the Pentiums also though...

 

[Conti027]

lol when i saw the topic i was thinking it was going to be about Apple and Intel cause the "i" in front of it. lol.
silly me

 

[sapetto]

I don't think so. They are just Core 2

The Core 2 brand refers to a range of Intel's consumer 64-bit single- and dual-core and 2x2 MCM (Multi-Chip Module) quad-core CPUs with the x86-64 instruction set, based on the Intel Core microarchitecture, derived from the 32-bit dual-core Yonah laptop processor. (Note: The Yonah's silicon chip or die comprised two interconnected cores, each similar to those branded Pentium M). The 2x2 MCM dual-die quad-core[1] CPU had two separate dual-core dies (CPUs)—next to each other—in one quad-core MCM package. The Core 2 relegated the Pentium brand to a mid-end market, and reunified laptop and desktop CPU lines, which previously had been divided into the Pentium 4, D, and M brands.

 

[Fleck]

I don't think so. They are just Core 2

You're saying the i7 is just another Core 2 variant?

And BTW every time I have said 'Core Duo' in this thread I meant Core 2. Woops.

 

[lemonadesoda]

The process went:

Pentium
Pentium II
Pentium III
Pentium 4
Pentium M = Core
Core 2

I guess this would be the 7th generation...of course there are the generations before the the Pentiums also though...

Correct!

And before pentium, there was 86, 186, 286, 386 and 486. The next was 586 but rebranded pentium.

 

[h3llb3nd4]

didnt it go like this??
4004
8008
8080
8086-8088
286
386
486
pentium
PII
PIII
P4
Pentium D
C2D
C2Q
i7
i5

 

[Fleck]

LOL a thread about the i7 ends up being about dinosaur processors, great

If U wanna see how it REALLY goes, check out the x86 Wikipedia page, that'll REALLY blow ya mind!

 

[sapetto]

I mean the brand is Core 2 and the 'duo', 'quad' specifies the number of cores. Core i7 is almost the same - the logos are just in different colors - black(extreme) high end chip

 

[lemonadesoda]

didnt it go like this??
4004
8008
8080
8086-8088
286
386
486
pentium
PII
PIII
P4
Pentium D
C2D
C2Q
i7
i5

Nearly right.

4004
4040
8008
8080
8085
8086
80186
80286
386
486
Pentium / Pentium Pro / MMX
Pentium 2
Pentium 3
Pentium 4 / Pentium D
Pentium M / Core
Core 2 Duo / Quad
i7 / i5 (i5 is part of i7 just like celeron is part of P2, P3, P4 etc. or Xeons are derivatives of their regular x86 counterparts)

Atom. Hmm. Where does this one go? A new branch off Pentium M? And where will larrabee go?

PS. This is the "x86" history. Intel also had many other processor branches, like Itanium, RISC, microcontrollers, etc.

 

[Ketxxx]

I would hazard a guess i7 stands for intel 7, ie; the 7th gen processor. Although you can split hairs about the generations all day long and still not come up with something everybody is settled with.