Sandy Bridge: The Origin Of A Code Name

[Guest]

Code-naming products in development has become almost a religious act in IT.

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[mavroxur]

It's amazing how much time and money probably went into picking a codename for a new product... :-/

 

[christop]

yeah just call it new and drop the price.

 

[tomasswood]

Was i7 version2 alright taken? :|

 

[tomasswood]

[citation][nom]tomasswood[/nom]Was i7 version2 alright taken? :|[/citation]
icore version2**

 

[doron]

Another Israeli name for the collection. Restecpa

 

[dogman_1234]

I wounder if there would be an Intel 'Portland' or 'Salem' Architecture later down the road?

 

[iam2thecrowe]

Sandy bidge is a pretty gay name anyway. Its just waiting for a Bulldozer to smash it down.

 

[sonofliberty08]

i'll call it sandy bitch 😛

 

[ilikegirls]

I like Gesher! Im Also Israeli so I find great pride in this article!

 

[Guest]

There is a river just east of Portland Oregon called the Sandy river and there are at least two bridges over it so maybe that was part of the inspiration. West of Portland is and Intel complex that is the second largest employer in Oregon.....just sayin