How do they come up with chipset names? AMD and Intel

[Chad_40]

I have just in the past year really started getting into pc's. I currently have 3 different builds two kaby lake Intel builds and an FX amd build(it was my first computer I built myself ever) all of this is really irrelevant to my questions though.

I was doing some research and googling for my next build, and noticed how similarly named the motherboard chipsets are for ryzen and Intel. B250, b350, z270, x370, z370. I was just curious if it has always been like this or if it's something new, and how they even come up with it?

 

[Sakkura]

Intel has been using their current chipset naming scheme for many years, though they have changed the letters a litte over time - Z was preceded by P, for example. But mostly they just increase the numbers for each generation, like Z77 -> Z87 -> Z97 -> Z170 -> Z270 -> Z370

AMD introduced naming schemes that were suddenly very similar to Intel, when they launched Ryzen earlier this year. So where AMD had chipset names like 990FX while Intel was using Z77 and B75 etc, now AMD has X370 and B350 while Intel is offering X299 and B250 (and upcoming B360; AMD probably "stole" the B350 name Intel would have used).

 

[10tacle]

Well Intel generally stuck with a numbering system in past years and just went another number series up with each new chipset (P55, P67, Z77, Z87, Z97) I don't ever recall AMD and Intel sharing such close chipset numbering before. Now they are on a Zx70 series kick (same with H-series). It's probably just a coincidence.