'Different components are named after different geographic areas.' However, he didn't elaborate on what that process was. 'We have a formal process for what types of things are lakes vs. 2007's Sandy Bridge CPU architecture saw the introduction of a bridge-based naming scheme, for example, with similar peak (Evans Peak, Ibex Peak, etc.) and bay (Shark Bay, Shell Bay, etc.) themes also debuting in the same year. This also probably explains why we haven’t seen a new Intel Batman since the motherboard’s “Batman’s Revenge” follow-up launched in 1993.Īs for geography, the lake and river based naming schemes weren't the only time that Intel ditched city-based code names.
You don't have to go and fight the mayor of Chicago because you were using the name of the city for one of your products.' 'So for example, Microsoft had a problem with this with Chicago.So then Intel learned that your codename should be something that not many people care about. 'So, usually, the team decided on a codename, but then you run into legal problems with your codenames,' Piednoel said. This matched information Piednoel later shared with us, when he recounted legal issues Microsoft faced after they code named Windows 95 under the alias 'Chicago.'
