What are the meaning behind cpu codename?

[Guest]

I read somewhere that Haswell or whatever the cpu codename was named after some location. I am curious to know where all the name came from

[SLAYR]

Every maker usually follows a pattern 

 

AMD gpus go by islands, or tropical locations like hawaii, tonga, tahiti.

 

Nvidia gpus go by scientists, Kepler, Maxwell, Pascal. 

[Guest]

Just now, SLAYR said:

Every maker usually follows a pattern 

 

AMD gpus go by islands, or tropical locations like hawaii, tonga, tahiti.

 

Nvidia gpus go by scientists, Kepler, Maxwell, Pascal. 

Intel?

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

AMD gpus go by islands, or tropical locations like hawaii, tonga, tahiti.

What about Polaris?

[Guest]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

What about Polaris?

A star

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, dexxterlab97 said:

A star

Oh

[AresKrieger]

Kaby Lodge is located 60 miles north of Wawa in Northern Ontario

Ivy Bridge is likey named after a bridge in england

 

I don't know where skylake is based on, possibly florida idk

 

And sandy bridge is weirdly named

Sandy Bridge is a rather boring example. The chip was originally named "Gesher", which means "bridge" in Hebrew. However, Intel discarded the name when it was discussed that Gesher is also the name of a former unsuccessful political party in Israel. While Sandy Bridge sounds like a place on a map, it isn't: "Despite sharing its name with a bridge in Singapore and a historic town in West Tennessee, Sandy Bridge isn’t named for an actual place," Intel said. "Instead, it’s a result of a switch, and a suggestion from upper management following a meeting with analysts."

[Guest]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

Oh

Sorry but I googled.

[Misanthrope]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

What about Polaris?

They apparently switched from Islands to Stars: Polaris, Vega, Navi, etc.

[SLAYR]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

What about Polaris?

They are probabbly starting a new pattern with polaris and vega.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, AresKrieger said:

Kaby Lodge is located 60 miles north of Wawa in Northern Ontario

Ivy Bridge is likey named after a bridge in england

 

I don't know where skylake is based on, possibly florida idk

 

And sandy bridge is weirdly named

Sandy Bridge is a rather boring example. The chip was originally named "Gesher", which means "bridge" in Hebrew. However, Intel discarded the name when it was discussed that Gesher is also the name of a former unsuccessful political party in Israel. While Sandy Bridge sounds like a place on a map, it isn't: "Despite sharing its name with a bridge in Singapore and a historic town in West Tennessee, Sandy Bridge isn’t named for an actual place," Intel said. "Instead, it’s a result of a switch, and a suggestion from upper management following a meeting with analysts."

Any idea on Haswell? 

[AresKrieger]

Just now, dexxterlab97 said:

Any idea on Haswell? Skylake?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell,_Colorado

 

A town in Colorado, idk about skylake

[MoonlightSylv]

2 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell,_Colorado

 

A town in Colorado, idk about skylake

I think Skylake is from Florida.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Lake,_Florida

[AresKrieger]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

I think Skylake is from Florida.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Lake,_Florida

Yeah I couldn't find intel saying it though, granted that is the likely answer but technically sandy bridge is a location but the name wasn't based on it

[Guest]

I wanna go to Haswell town and take a picture of me holding an i5 4460 

[SLAYR]

7 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

Any idea on Haswell? 

http://www.intelfreepress.com/news/haswell-origin-of-an-intel-codename/5726/

 

http://www.intelfreepress.com/news/haswell-low-tech-town/5716/

 

It even tells how they can up with the town.

 

AMD cpus I think are named after rivers for the fx series.

[MoonlightSylv]

2 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

AMD cpus I think are named after rivers for the fx series as well.

I thought they were named after heavy equipment

 

Like bulldozer, piledriver, etc.

[Guest]

 

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

I thought they were named after heavy equipment

 

Like bulldozer, piledriver, etc.

He meant something like

Zambezi, Vishera...

[Guest]

Well AMD cpu are named after some river in Africa while Intel's name are from the States...

[MoonlightSylv]

2 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

 

He meant something like

Zambezi, Vishera...

I almost forgot about those  

[Misanthrope]

30 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

I wanna go to Haswell town and take a picture of me holding an i5 4460 

I think that's technically a devil's canyon though. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 hour ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

I thought they were named after heavy equipment

 

Like bulldozer, piledriver, etc.

That was the name for the architecture.

 

Also nobody mentioned AMD also uses big cats for their SoCs?

[Guest]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

That was the name for the architecture.

 

Also nobody mentioned AMD also uses big cats for their SoCs?

No. We are all Intel fanboys/girls

[MoonlightSylv]

8 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

That was the name for the architecture.

 

Also nobody mentioned AMD also uses big cats for their SoCs?

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