Monday, May 1st 2023
Intel Confirms "Core i-" Getting Replaced by "Core Ultra" For Upcoming Meteor Lake Processors
Intel has made it official that its upcoming Meteor Lake CPU lineup will proudly sport a new branding scheme - as reported on TPU much earlier today, rumors indicated that Intel would be rolling out "Core Ultra" brand extensions across a range of SKUs. The "i" in some model identifiers such as i3, i5, i7, and i9 are now confirmed to be (in part) replaced with "Ultra" - an Ashes of the Singularity benchmark leak identified a CPU called "Core Ultra 5 1003H" early on last week, and that information soon spread across many online hardware news outlets and communities.
Bernard Fernandes, director of global communications at Intel Corp. today addressed the rumors and leaks via Twitter and confirms that a new branding scheme is incoming: "Yes, we are making brand changes as we're at an inflection point in our client roadmap in preparation for the upcoming launch of our Meteor Lake processors. We will provide more details regarding these exciting changes in the coming weeks!" He makes sure to not directly mention the "Ultra Core" branding in his tweet, but it is heavily implied that he's referring to the discardation and eventual replacement of Intel's classic "i" labelling system.
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Bernard Fernandes Tweet, Ashes of the Singularity Benchmark
Bernard Fernandes, director of global communications at Intel Corp. today addressed the rumors and leaks via Twitter and confirms that a new branding scheme is incoming: "Yes, we are making brand changes as we're at an inflection point in our client roadmap in preparation for the upcoming launch of our Meteor Lake processors. We will provide more details regarding these exciting changes in the coming weeks!" He makes sure to not directly mention the "Ultra Core" branding in his tweet, but it is heavily implied that he's referring to the discardation and eventual replacement of Intel's classic "i" labelling system.
88 Comments on Intel Confirms "Core i-" Getting Replaced by "Core Ultra" For Upcoming Meteor Lake Processors
There is no discernable difference between "pro," "max" and "ultra." These terms by themselves are all meaningless and need explicit definitions to be understood.
Math is the only true global language. It's easy to understand that 5 and better than 3, 7 is better than 5, and 9 is better than 7.
The little "i" has been around for 15 years, since 2008. Does anyone remember the last time the "i" was dropped? It was in 1993 with the P5 Pentium, also after 15 years of using "i" in model nomenclature (iAPX 86/10 for the 8086 in 1978).
At this point, it seems like an Intel tradition.
Intel should've changed the alphabet soup that Intel is addicted to: G, P, H, HX, U, etc.
That is the most non-sensical and guess what, Intel doesn't seem to be bothered a bit.
The suffixes wouldn't be so bad if the definitions didn't keep changing to suit their narrative. I think Haswell was the best when it came to suffixes. Sure, we got 74 different socketable models, but at least you could understand them — K/R/S/T/TE, and on the mobile side, E/EQ/H/HQ/M/MQ/MX/U/Y. The model numbers for the mobile products themselves were all over the place. I think Sandy Bridge was the best for that.
Then there's the whole Core M/m3/m5/m7 → Core m3 + Core i5/i7 debacle. Sticking the suffix in the middle of the model number (e.g., m7-6Y75)... I mean, what is that?
AMD isn't much better on mobile with their model year bullshit (which I find misleading and wrong), but at least their desktop letters are fairly understandable. X is faster than non-X, and G stands for "graphics".Now that's something that even tech-savvy people can't figure out... or pronounce. :roll:
Core i3-13100 get to Core Ultra 3 1330(Blank,K,F)
Core i5-13500 get to Core Ultra 5 1350(Blank,K,F)
Core i7-13700 get to Core Ultra 7 1370(Blank,K,F)
Core i9-13900 get to Core Ultra 9 1390(Blank,K,F)
Laptops get the "same" polish with:
Core i3 get to Core Ultra 3 1335H
Core i5 get to Core Ultra 5 1355H
Core i7 get to Core Ultra 7 1375H
Core i9 get to Core Ultra 9 1395H
Intel has a damn lot of cpus even in the same generation with some minimal or a lot of difference in performance though both are right now i5 or i7. I hope it's not going to be like Apple's Base/Pro/Max/Ultra because that naming is dumb. If it goes to that than i propose a new naming as i3=Copper, i5=Iron, i7=Gold, i9=Platinum.
demi
short
tall
grande
venti
trenta
now which one is the small again?