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They're not seemingly random geographical features: they're usually geographical features associated with the Intel lab that did most of the lifecycle of develo
by arjunnarayan 13y ago
They're not seemingly random geographical features: they're usually geographical features associated with the Intel lab that did most of the lifecycle of development. With tick-tock, they have a new chip each year. I believe every chip development takes 6 years, so they have three labs concurrently working on things at various stages.
Yonah (Core Solo and Core Duo) - Intel Israel
Tejas (planned Pentium 4 successor; cancelled) - Intel Bangalore
Willamette (Pentium 4) - Intel Oregon
Nehalem - Nehalem River in Oregon
Here's a whole bunch of etymologies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_codenames http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_codenames
- marshray 13y agoOK, so Intel codenames are seemingly random geographic features usually within 1000 miles of the design team. But the point is the codenames show no evidence of coordination with the features of the chip itself.