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> "We have a formal process for what types of things are lakes vs. bays vs. peaks," Tripp told us. However, he didn't elaborate on what that process was. "Diffe
by culturestate 6y ago
> "We have a formal process for what types of things are lakes vs. bays vs. peaks," Tripp told us. However, he didn't elaborate on what that process was. "Different components are named after different geographic areas."
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/decoding-intel-code-names https://www.tomshardware.com/news/decoding-intel-code-names
- johnsoft 6y agoJust about every product since 2015 has been a lake. I'd guess "lake" is the code word for "just overclock last year's chip and call it a day"
- kinghajj 6y agoYeah, each subsequent "lake" was just "Skylake, maybe with a few uArch tweaks, and on a more-optimized 14nm node, and/or sold pre-overclocked as high as we can make them run."
- wtallis 6y agoThe CPUs have been lakes. Their memory and storage division uses stream, pass and -dale. Server chipsets are -burg, Ethernet controllers are -ville. All of these suffixes are still in active use for new or upcoming products.