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    Sandy Bridge Intel Naming System

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Docsteel, Jan 1, 2011.

  1. Docsteel

    Docsteel Vast Alien Conspiracy

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    Came across this while researching SB laptop specs being released, the article focusing on the Italian-made Santech brand. Looks like the names are a bit confusing for the uninitiated... thank you Intel :rolleyes: :

    "The Sandy Bridge CPUs will carry on the Intel Core i3/i5/i7 generation name--the CPU names are made up of the brand name, modifier, generation number, SKU number, and a letter suffix. So, for the Intel Core i7-272QM, you have: Intel Core (brand name) i7 (modifier) -2 (generation) 720 (SKU) QM (letter suffix). Got it? Good; you're going to be seing these numbers, among others, quoted a lot over these coming weeks."

    Sorry if this is a repeat of common knowledge, I had not seen this breakdown before myself.
     
    Docsteel, Jan 1, 2011
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  2. Botsu

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    Yes it's a mess. It was already obscure for the uninformed, now it's even more confusing and I can't figure how most people would be able to tell the difference between i7-720qm and i7-2720qm, since the name is practically the same. It's almost as if intel didn't care about advertising their new material as such. The most flagrant difference will be a lousy sticker with a slightly modified design, brilliant.
     
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  3. earthlings.com

    earthlings.com Notebook Geek

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    Names don't matter, specifications do.
     
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    City Pig Notebook Virtuoso

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    This. Most of the people that complain about it being "confusing" are the ones that fully understand it; the "uninitiated" just look at clock speeds and the number of cores (mostly clock speeds). They look at the branding and modifier too, but that's not the confusing part.
     
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  5. Autumn Demon

    Autumn Demon Notebook Consultant

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    You (or Santech) are missing a zero...

    And anyone can see that QM is a letter suffix :p. Q is for quad-core and M is for mobile.
     
    Autumn Demon, Jan 1, 2011
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    repeated for emphasis: names don't matter.
     
    newsposter, Jan 1, 2011
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  7. chimpanzee

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    It does or else Intel would not have keep the Pentium brand for so long. Ironically, it was that floating pointer error fiasco that made it into such a well known brand.
     
    chimpanzee, Jan 1, 2011
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  8. Brawn

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    personally i'd prefer that they changed the naming scheme.. first because i have this feeling that intel simply decided to copy apple with the whole 'i' theme, and because it's nice to tell non-techy people that you're using a "v7" rather than an "i7", which in their minds has been out for the past 3 years
     
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  9. City Pig

    City Pig Notebook Virtuoso

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    Actually, Intel used "i" long before Apple did. :rolleyes:

    What's a v7? xD
     
    City Pig, Jan 1, 2011
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  10. Brawn

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    v7 is the future my brother

    and thanks for the info, good to know intel didn't just decide to follow apple
     
    Brawn, Jan 1, 2011
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    totally agree... idk about the name but what it can do :D

    Panther214
     
    Panther214, Jan 1, 2011
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