http://www.osnews.com/story/16600/Intel_Completes_Design_of_Penryn_Chip Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:10:40 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?186753 http://osnews.com/thread?186753 I'd like to get my hands on whoever at intel is in charge of product naming and give them a thorough slapping.

Already at work here, I've heard Penryn pronounced 3 different ways. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Harald) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186757 http://osnews.com/thread?186757 My guess:

'Pen' as in pen
'ryn' to rhyme with 'pin' Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (CaptainPinko) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186767 http://osnews.com/thread?186767 It is a code-name, not the actual product name. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (CPUGuy) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186776 http://osnews.com/thread?186776 It is a code-name, not the actual product name.

I wish 'Celeron' had stayed a code name. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Harald) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186787 http://osnews.com/thread?186787 oh I dunno... I like 'penryn' more than 'Pentium 4 Extreme Double Plus Good Edition'... Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (helf) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186799 http://osnews.com/thread?186799 Excerpt from Intel internal memo:

Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!

...Edited 2006-11-30 18:43 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (someone) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186801 http://osnews.com/thread?186801 most code names now stick to processors. Woodcrest et all. Core Duo3 perhaps? Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (REM2000) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186819 http://osnews.com/thread?186819 Core Duo3 perhaps?

I find it unlikely that Penryn would gain the Core 3 moniker. That's more likely reserved for the Nehalem (2008).

Penryn is a die shrink plus SSE4; it's not a new architecture. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eMagius) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186868 http://osnews.com/thread?186868 It's like a shrinky dink!

Core 2.4 Duo XTreme, that's my guess. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Tuishimi) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186869 http://osnews.com/thread?186869 oh, someone (no pun intended ) got my reference. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (helf) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186900 http://osnews.com/thread?186900 Looks like a Welsh name,
The word Penrhyn in welsh means "cape" or "peninsula".
Looks like they left a H out.

Penryn is also a town in Cornwall, so there's definitely some Celtic connection in the name. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (theARE) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186926 http://osnews.com/thread?186926 Intel codenames are usually towns, mountains, or rivers near the design center that produced the chip. That is why a lot of the Pentium family have had Oregon and Israel landmarks associated with them since they are mostly designed there. Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (javiercero1) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186952 http://osnews.com/thread?186952 hmm... interesting Intel's chip designed in Isreal?
but I dont hear of Isreali names are there that I miss out? Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MaxxTotal) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?186972 http://osnews.com/thread?186972 Merom, Yonah, etc Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tmack) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?187276 http://osnews.com/thread?187276 From the article: The chip's namesake is a town near Sacramento, Calif. Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bovinity) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?187568 http://osnews.com/thread?187568 The architecture name is Core, not Core Duo.

Hence, the third iteration of the architecture name would be Core 3, with CPUs named Core 3 Solo, Core 3 Duo, and so on.

The Duo is a modifier of the architecture name, and not part of the architecture name. Hence, the name will not be "Core Duo 3".

It would have been nice if Intel had actually waited until the Core architecture was released before using the Core name. That way, things would make sense now. The whole "Core 2" naming scheme is crap.

The Pentium-M should have remained the Pentium-M, they should never have renamed it Core.

The Core 2 should have been the first one called the Core, since it was the first CPU based on the Core architecture.

Who ever it is at Intel that runs the marketing division should be canned (in all senses of the word). Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (phoenix) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?187569 http://osnews.com/thread?187569 The Pentium-M line of CPUs were designed and developed in Israel. Hence the Hewbrew codenames for them: Yonah, Merom, Dothan, etc. Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (phoenix) Comments