The arrival of Meteor Lake It will not only usher in a new generation of Intel CPUs with performance enhancements and major architecture and packaging changes, but will usher in a new era in processor naming. intelcore that It represents the first major change in the nomenclature in the last 15 years of the company’s history.
Intel wants simplify the name of its ranges of home processors and will do so by dividing them into two ranges, one for more “mainstream” or casual users, who do not require as much power, and another range for the most enthusiastic users with “premium” equipment. We had already seen some leaks, but now the change is official.
In both cases, the letter “i” disappears from the names of Intel Core processors. In the case of the mainstream Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7 ranges, it will go to Intel Core 3, Intel Core 5 and Intel Core 7. Therefore, the Intel Core i9 in this range disappears.
The Core i9, along with the higher-end Core i7 and Core i5 for Premium equipment will debut the new nomenclature Intel Core ULTRAleaving the Intel Core Ultra 5, Intel Core Ultra 7 and Intel Core Ultra 9.
As we said, the Intel Core Meteor Lake will be the first processors to adopt this nomenclature without the “i” and with the ULTRA range. It will continue to be used in successive generations from them.
The indications of the generation are also lost to which the processor belongs, so, in principle, it will not be indicated on the packaging or on the screen printing which generation a processor belongs to (Meteor Lake would be the fourteenth generation and it will no longer be indicated.).
Therefore, the name of the processors will follow the scheme of, for example, Intel Core 5 ##xx or Intel Core Ultra 7 ##xxxH. The final numerical name is still a mystery and will be revealed by Intel at a later date.
| Previous Nomenclature | New Mainstream Nomenclature | New Premium Nomenclature |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i3 | intel core 3 | – |
| Intel Core i5 | intel core 5 | Intel CoreUltra 5 |
| Intel Core i7 | intel core 7 | Intel CoreUltra 7 |
| Intel Core i9 | – | Intel CoreUltra 9 |
Additionally, laptops on the Intel Evo platform will be renamed Intel Evo Edition, and Intel vPRO will be divided into Intel vPRO Essentials, Intel vPRO Enterprise, and Intel vPRO Evo Edition.
AMD already changed the nomenclature of its Ryzen desktop and laptop processors last year, moving to a clearer nomenclature of names and numbers indicating architecture and range.
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