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Where does Intel get their codenames from?
by Fej 8y ago
Where does Intel get their codenames from?
- jandrese 8y agoNearby geological features.
- ttul 8y agoThey should name the next devices after Boring, OR
- ajuc 8y agoI believe Elon Musk has a trademark for that.
- martinpw 8y agoReason being that using names of such public landmarks avoids potential trademark infringement that might be triggered by almost any other names, given the number of trademarks in existence today.
- jandrese 8y agoTrademarks are domain specific, there aren't that many that they could infringe on. They could make Comet branded CPUs and unless they packaged them up in green cylinders there's no chance people would mistake them for the cleaner.
- martinpw 8y agoIntel are in more markets than just CPUs. And any time they enter a new market, all those trademarks from that market come into play. That's what I heard from the Intel folks that described the reasoning.
- deepnotderp 8y agoLandmarks in Oregon, the design team is based in Oregon and gets to choose the names.
- 40acres 8y agoIt's not just Oregon. Haswell (4th Gen) is based off of Haswell, CO (Intel has a presence in Fort Collins, CO) and Kaby Lake (8th gen) is based off a lake in Canada.
- deepnotderp 8y agoYes, well after a couple decades they started to run out of landmarks :)
- planteen 8y agoI'm from Colorado and never heard of Haswell. I'm pretty well acquainted with mountain towns, but Haswell is a tiny town in eastern Colorado. Intel chose it because of the easy to pronounce name. https://www.denverpost.com/2013/06/01/intels-newest-processor-named-after-small-colorado-town-of-haswell/ https://www.denverpost.com/2013/06/01/intels-newest-processo...