The Program

So, I just got home from a lovely day at work at the deli, sit down in my nice computer chair, and hop on google.  I have the nice iGoogle homepage, and I see that Intel’s next CPU is set to release at the end of this year, so I look at it.  Guess what it’s name is? Core i7.  Seriously, what’s with that name?  I understand the ‘Core’, the “Flagship” name for their new multicore products (See Source Article).

What’s with the i7? To me, it seems like that everyone is stealing the name from the iMac, or the iPod, or maybe even the iRack (Youtube Video), but why iGoogle, or i7?  It’s almost like everything is going ‘i’.  Doesn’t make much sense to me.

On top of that, i7 has nothing to do with the actual product.  It’s a quad core!  Maybe it would make more sense if they called it the Core i4 or the Core 3 Quad. That way their name actually has some relevance in the design.  Maybe they have yet to announce why it’s called the i7, something about more official specifications maybe.  But for now, to me, it is a ridiculous name.  The way this is going, this decade will be the ‘i’ decade, and will be remembered as such.

All I can say is that I hope the processor specs outways the stupidity of the name.  If it’s anything like their previous processors, it will be a decent CPU.