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Christian Guyton

Intel CPUs could soon swap their iconic ‘i’ for some confusing new names

The Intel logo on a laptop screen with a large red 'X' over the 'i'.

It looks like Intel could be ditching its iconic ‘i’ branding for CPU names in the not-too-distant future. That means no more i5, i7, and so on. Why? That’s for Intel to know, and us to wonder.

The news comes from Intel’s director of global communications, Bernard Fernandes, who confirmed in a tweet that Intel has plans for ‘brand changes’ as the company is at what he calls an ‘inflection point’ in its roadmap for future CPU generations.

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