Intel has officially said goodbye to ‘Core i’ processors, and welcomed it to the ‘Core Ultra’ family.
Intel has formalized the change of nomenclature for its processors. The US company will stop offering chips under the names “core i” —i3, i5, i7 or i9—, to give way to the Intel Core Ultra. Those of Pat Gelsinger will begin using the new name from the launch of the Meteor Lake line, which will arrive in the second half of 2023.
According to the company, the change responds to the need to give Intel a new impetus as a brand. It is worth noting that the adoption of Core Ultra is not surprising, considering that one of Intel’s communication managers had anticipated it at the beginning of May.
In addition, Intel ensures that Core Ultra will help buyers to differentiate “the best of their latest releases” from the rest of their products. Thus, then, the processor catalog will be divided into three levels:
- Intel: for input processors formerly offered under the Pentium and Celeron brands, discontinued some time ago.
- intelcore: for your line of processors mainstream. For example: Intel Core 3, 5 or 7.
- Intel Core Ultra: for your catalog of the most powerful and next generation processors. For example: Intel Core Ultra 5, 7 or 9.
Core Ultra: the new name for Intel processors
Intel wanted to make it clear that the name change for its next processors is not just a facelift. The company has commented that, with the premiere of Meteor Lake, its customer chips will be the first to adopt the 4-nanometer lithographic process. But not only that, but they will also be the first to have a dedicated engine for artificial intelligence. The latter will be known as Intel AI Boost.
“The new brand structure is designed for Intel’s future client technology roadmap. These changes make it easier for customers to identify the right solutions from Intel’s partner ecosystem for their computing needs. And they do it while emphasizing the prominence of the Intel Core brand, which has been a staple of the PC industry for nearly two decades. chipper from Santa Clara, Calif.
It remains to be seen how Intel manages to differentiate processors that will only be Core, from those that will be Core Ultra. Something that can lend itself to confusion very quickly. For now, Pat Gelsinger’s company has not provided details about the characteristics of the processors that will be offered under the new name. It has only been remarked that they will be the most advanced, and that the adoption of the nomenclature will take place from Meteor Lake.
The biggest drawback will surely occur when releases of Core 5 and 7 overlap, with Core Ultra 5 and 7. A mistake that will not happen with the old i3, which will be only Intel Core 3, nor with the old i9, which will be offered only such as Intel Core Ultra 9. Also note that Intel will no longer publicly identify its future releases as generational announcements. What does this mean? That it won’t refer to Meteor Lake as its 14th generation chip, and that will be the trend going forward.
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