Intel Names Upcoming Chips

Phooey42 writes "USA Today is reporting that Intel has finally announced names for their new set of desktop and notebook processor lines, previously dubbed Conroe and Merom. The new chips for both the desktop and laptop lines will be dubbed "Core 2 Duo", whereas their new "premium processor" for high end desktop users will be called the "Core 2 Extreme". Knowing Intel, who would have ever thought that the successor to the Core Duo would be the Core 2 Duo!?"

Suggested name for the next line of processors:

[guitaristx]

Intel CoreTwin 2 Duo Pair, Mark Two!

Two many?

[HugePedlar]

Let's extrapolate: How long until we get the Core 2 Duo Duplex Beta II?

thank you for calling the Corey Hotline

[frankie]

Clearly a better sequel to Core Duo would have been The Two Coreys [wikipedia.org].

Who's gonna buy the regular

[Tweekster]

model when the Extreme version is out.

You may risk getting insulted at Best Buy: "Look at that loser buying the regular core duo, guess he cant handle the extreme."

Oh you got served sucker.

Just wait for the next chip.

[hal2814]

The successor to the "Core 2 Duo" will be the "Core 2 Duo: Championship Edition." Alas, folks will illegally mod the chip to the point that Intel releases its own "Core 2 Duo Turbo Hyper Fighting" modified chip to combat such modifications. Then they'll release "Super Core 2 Duo" but it'll bomb for the most part and it's home version will nearly bankrupt the company.

Got to be some subtlety here

[dilvish_the_damned]

I know there has got to be a number of ways to make fun of these name choices. My problem is everything I come up with is obvious and pedantic
I am guessing Intel had the same problem.

Re:Suggested name for the next line of processors:

[Andy Dodd]

Hmm, did I miss a buyout of Capcom by Intel?

Re:Ugh!

[thefirelane]

Core 2 Duo? Talk about redundant and confusing naming...

Wait until you see its sequel: The Core 2 Duo 2

Re:Suggested name for the next line of processors:

[Tikicult]

I was thinking more Apple Core 2.

Re:Two many?

[gEvil (beta)]

Pffft. It'll be buggy. I'll wait until they release the Rev. 2 version.

I read in a magazine

[knn03]

I read in a science magazine that these names are 50% unoriginal and 50% lame.

Death Star

[Council]

"The project has been using the code-name 'Death Star', but we felt that 'Laser 2 Station' would better strike fear into the Rebellion."

Re:Come on...

[Tweekster]

Because they dont want to name their product after a condom?

But then again they would have the clear cut case of never crossing market segments becuase the people that are concerned about one will probably not have any use for the other.

Hey, CmdrT, get an updated Intel logo, will ya?

[Glasswire]

The one you've got there is over 5 months old. Try this [intel.com] one.

Re:Just wait for the next chip.

[menace3society]

Hey, it beats the short-lived "Opteron Mythologies" that AMD has planned.

Re:Who's gonna buy the regular

[SatanicPuppy]

What are you talking about? Best Buy has both of the processors on the market, and all three of the motherboards!

Sheesh, some people...

Rejected alternat names

[Billosaur]

• Moe & Curly
• Heckle & Jeckle
• Tom & Jerry
• Captain & Tenille
• Brad & Angelina
• Sonny & Cher

Obvious Missing Option

[Nerdfest]

What about 'Batman and Robin' ... the Dynamic Duo(tm)

Huh?

[j00bar]

So if I have a server with two of these, it's a dual Core 2 Duo? -j00bar

More Name Rejects

[digitaldc]

Rejected Core 2 Duo Names:

1) CORE 2: The Meltdown
2) Dual HardCore Extreme2
3) Penetrino II
4) C.H.I.P.S. - Core Hardware Intel Pentium Substitute
5) The Dual Core Acute Consummate Maximal Intense Ultimate Severe Processor

It could have been worse

[jmichaelg]

They could have named them Duo Core Venti and Duo Core Grande.

Re:stupid ass names...

[pclminion]

Assholes, just name the thing "2 cores @ 3.8 ghz with 2 MB Cache 800 FSB."

But then you get to explain to your mom what a core is, what a gigahertz is, what a megabyte is, what a cache is, and what a front side bus is. Have fun.

The only less original names...

[TomRC]

...will be whatever AMD comes up with as it tries to imitate Intel's names...

Re:Nice to see Intel stepping it up a bit.

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sure apple will hold out on their top of the line machines for the 2-double core twin duo II.

Re:Suggested name for the next line of processors:

[hotwatermusic]

Soon to be followed up by

Intel Core 2 Duo II "Electric Boogaloo"

-word

Re:let's start a boycott

[Mr Z]

I'm sorry, but I'd have called your bluff, saying that that's an extremely crappy excuse.

--Joe