List of Intel codenames
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Since many years, Intel names IC development projects after geographical names of towns, rivers or mountains near their development locations. Many of these are in the American West, particularly in the state of Oregon (where most of Intel's CPU projects are designed; see well-known project codenames) but since a few years also in Israel. Some older codenames refer to celestial bodies.
The following table lists known Intel codenames along with a brief explanation of their meaning and their likely namesake.
See also List of computer technology code names
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| Codename | Description | Named after | Family/Model/Stepping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alderwood | a Pentium 4/D/XE chipset | probably named after a location in Snohomish County, Washington; see Alderwood. | |
| Aliceton | A successor to Tigerton | unknown | |
| Allendale | a version of the Intel Core 2 processor | Allendale is the name of several places in the USA; see Allendale. | |
| Almador | a Pentium III-M chipset | Almador County, California? | |
| Alviso | a Pentium M chipset Mobile (915 Express series) | Alviso, a small community in Santa Clara County, California. | |
| Aries | a 80486 chipset | probably Aries (constellation) | |
| Balboa | a Pentium II chipset | possibly named after Balboa, a subsection of the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. | |
| Banias | The first Pentium M processor | Banias, an ancient site in the Golan Heights | |
| Bearlake [1] | Successor to the 965 series | Bear Lake, a natural freshwater lake divided by the Utah-Idaho border in the Western United States. | |
| Beckton/Becton (the correct spelling may be either Beckton or Becton) | Nehalem-based MP-capable processor | unknown | |
| Bloomfield | a processor based on the Nehalem microarchitecture | Bloomfield is the name of several places in the USA; see Bloomfield. | |
| Broadwater | a Core 2 Duo chipset | reference unknown; may be named after Broadwatera, a village in Morrill County, Nebraska. | |
| Brookdale | a Celeron/Pentium 4 chipset | probably named after Brookdale, an unicorporated town in Santa Cruz County, California. For other meanings see Brookdale. | |
| Bulverde | The PXA27x family of Xscale processors | Bulverde, a city in Comal County, Texas. | |
| Calexico | Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 or later 2200 (IEEE 802.11b) mini-PCI WiFi adapter, part of the Carmel platform | Calexico, a city in Imperial County, California. | |
| Calistoga | Intel Mobile 945 Express-series chipset, part of the Napa platform | Calistoga, a city in Napa County, California. | |
| Camino | a Pentium II/III / Celeron chipset | Camino, California. A small town in El Dorado County, California. Apple Hill is located in Camino. | |
| Caneland | Xeon MP platform? | reference unknown | |
| Canterwood | a Pentium 4 chipset | reference unknown | |
| Cantiga | chipset part of Montevina | reference unknown | |
| Carmel | first-generation Centrino platform as well as a Pentium II/III / Celeron chipset | Mount_Carmel | |
| Cascades | Second version of the Pentium III Xeon | Cascade Range, a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. | |
| Cedar Mill | the final revision of the Pentium 4 | Cedar_Mill]], a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, west of the Willamette Stone. | |
| Clackamas | later codename for the EM64T project, originally codenamed Yamhill | Clackamas_River, a river in Oregon | |
| Clovertown | a Quad-core Xeon processor (A quad-core version of Woodcrest, consisting of two Woodcrest dies on a multi-chip module) | reference unknown | |
| Colusa | a Xeon chipset | either named after Colusa,_California or after Colusa County of which this city is the seat. | |
| Conroe | the desktop variant of the Intel Core 2 processor | Conroe, Texas | |
| Convington | first-generation Celeron processor | Covington is the name of many places in the US. Referred here is probably Covington, a city in King County, Washington. | |
| Coppermine | the second-generation Pentium III processor | reference unkown; for various meanings see Coppermine. | |
| Cranford | an MP version of the Nocona | reference unkown; for various meanings see Cranford. | |
| Crestline | Intel Mobile 965 Express chipset | Several places in the USA are called Crestline. Probably Crestline, California is referred here, a place in the San Bernardino Mountains. | |
| Deerfield | the fourth version of Itanium 2 | Deerfield is the name of many places in the US. | |
| Dempsey | the Dual-Core Xeon 5000-series | reference unkown; for various meanings see Demspey. | |
| Deschutes | the second-generation Pentium II processor | Deschutes County, Oregon or, more likely, Deschutes River, which runs through it. | |
| Dixon | mobile Pentium II PE ("Performance Enhanced") | Dixon is the name of many places in the US. Referred here may be Dixon, a city in Solano County, California. | |
| Dothan | a Pentium M processor, successor to Banias | Dothan, an ancient town in Israel | |
| Drake | The first Xeon processor, released in 1998 as the Pentium II Xeon | reference unkown | |
| Dunnington | A 45 nm successor to Tigerton, which may be either a quad-core or an octa-core processor | reference unkown; Dunnington is a village in Yorkshire, UK but this is not a likely reference. | |
| Fanwood | the fifth version of Itanium 2 | Fanwood, a borough in the US state of New Jersey? | |
| Foster | Initial variant of the 32-bit Xeon processor using the NetBurst architecture | Foster is the name of various places in the US. Referred here is probably Foster, Oregon. | |
| Foxton | a power-management technology that was originally planned for inclusion in the first dual-core Itanium 2 processor | Foxton is the name of various places in England and New Zealand. US location unknown. | |
| Gainestown | a quad-core processor based on Intel's upcoming Nehalem microarchitecture | reference unkown | |
| Gallatin | Pentium 4 Extreme Edition | Gallatin is the name of various places in the US. Reference unknown. | |
| Gesher | the successor to Nehalem | Gesher, the Israeli word for 'bridge' | |
| Gilo | a processor based on the Nehalem microarchitecture | probably named after Mount Gilo, a mountain close to Jerusalem; see Har_Gilo. | |
| Glenwood | a Core 2 Duo chipset | Glenwood is the name of various places in the US. Referred here is probably Glenwood, Washington. | |
| Golan | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG mini-PCIe WiFi adapter, part of the Napa platform | Golan_Heights, a plateau on the border of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria | |
| Granite Bay | a Pentium 4 chipset | Granite Bay, a census-designated place in Placer County, California. | |
| Grantsdale | a Pentium 4/D/XE chipset | reference unknown; may be named after Grantsdale, Montana. | |
| Harpertown | a 45 nm, eight-core processor | Harpertown, a place in Kern County, California. | |
| Hondo | the third version of Itanium 2 | Hondo, the county seat of Medina County, Texas? | |
| Irwindale | Second version of the 64-bit Xeon processor | Irwindale, a city in Los Angeles County, California. | |
| Jayhawk | the Xeon counterpart of Tejas | reference unknown; for various meanings see Jayhawk | |
| Katmai | the first Pentium III processor | Probably named after Mount Katmai, a volcano in the Katmai Park in Alaska, the site of a colossal 1912 eruption. Incidentally Katmai is also the codename of a Microsoft project: the next release of SQL Server. | |
| Kedron | Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n mini-PCIe WiFi adapter | probably named after Kidron_Valley, a valley near Jerusalem. Also see Kedron. | |
| Kentsfield | the first quad-core version of the Core 2 processor | reference unknown | |
| Kevet | a mini core [2] | a place in Ventura County, California | |
| Kiefer | a mini core [3] | reference unknown | |
| Klamath | the first-generation Pentium II processor | Klamath, is the name of a river that flows through Oregon and California and the name of adjacent counties in both of these states. | |
| Lakeport | a Pentium 4/D/XE chipset | Lakeport is a name of various places in the US. Referred here may be Lakeport, California, the county seat of Lake County. | |
| Larrabee | a graphics core [4], [5] | Larrabee, Iowa, a city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States or Larrabee, Wisconsin, a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. See Larrabee | |
| Lindenhurst | a Dual Xeon chipset | Lindenhurst is the name of several places in the US. Reference unknown. | |
| Madison | the second version of Itanium 2 | Madison is the name of many places in the USA. Reference unknown. | |
| McKinley | The first Itanium 2 processor | Mount_McKinley or Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak in North America | |
| Mendocino | second-generation (?) Celeron processor | Mendocino is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California | family 6, model 6 |
| Merced | The first version of the Itanium processor | Merced_River, California | |
| Mercury | a Pentium chipset | planet Mercury | |
| Merom | the first mobile version of the Core 2 processor | Merom Lacus, a lake in the Hulah Valley of Israel | |
| Monahans | the successor to Bulverde | Monahans, a city in Texas; the county seat of Ward County. | |
| Montara | a Pentium M chipset (855 series) | Montara, a census-designated place in San Mateo County, California | |
| Montecito | a revision of the Intel Itanium 2 processor | Montecito, California | |
| Montevina | successor to Santa Rosa i.e. fifth-generation Centrino platform | Montevina is a wine out of the Sierra Foothills, after the Italian word for mountain wine. | |
| Montvale | an upgraded version of the Montecito | Montvale, New Jersey? | |
| Napa | third-generation Centrino platform | Napa is the county seat of Napa County, California, home to the famous Napa Valley wine. | |
| Natoma | a Pentium Pro/Pentium II chipset | A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California. Lake Natoma is nearby. | |
| Nehalem | a processor microarchitecture that is being developed by Intel and is the planned successor to Penryn | Nehalem, a city in Tillamook County, Oregon or rather Nehalem_River | |
| Neptune | a Pentium chipset | planet Neptune | |
| Nocona | Initial version of the 64-bit Xeon processor | Nocona, a city in Montague County, Texas | |
| Northwood | the second-generation Pentium 4 processor | Northwood is the name of several places in the USA. See Northwood (disambiguation) | |
| Odem | a Pentium M chipset (855 series) | Mount Odem in the Golan Heights | |
| Orion | a Pentium Pro chipset | probably Orion (constellation) or Orion Nebula | |
| Paxville | the first Dual-Core Xeon | Paxville, a town in Clarendon County, South Carolina | |
| Penryn | The successor to the Conroe | Penryn, California, a town of about 2,000 and home to a granite quarry | |
| Placer | a Xeon chipset | Placer County, California | |
| Plumas | a Xeon chipset | Plumas County, California | |
| Potomac | an MP version of the Nocona | the Potomac River, which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, USA. | |
| Poulson | a future generation of Intel's Itanium 2 processor family, expected to come to market in 2009, after Tukwila | reference unknown | |
| Prescott | a Pentium 4 processor, successor to Northwood | Prescott is the name of various places in the USA, including a city in Oregon. | |
| Presler | Pentium 4-based dual core processor (65nm part) | reference unknown | |
| Prestonia | Second version of the 32-bit Xeon processor | Prestonia, a neighborhood five miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky? | |
| Robson | a NAND flash-memory caching technology | Possibly Mount Robson, the highest point in the Canadian Rockies. See Robson. | |
| Santa Rosa | fourth-generation Centrino platform | Santa Rosa, California | |
| Saturn | a 80486 chipset | planet Saturn | |
| Seattle | a Pentium II/III / Celeron chipset | Seattle, the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in King County, of which it is the county seat. | |
| Shelton | a Celeron M processor | Shelton, a city in Mason County, Washington | |
| Shiloh | (wireless module part of Montevina) | Shiloh,a river in the Samarian region of the West Bank or Shiloh|,an Israeli settlement on the site of Biblical Shiloh. Also the name of various places in the US; see Shiloh. | |
| Smithfield | the first version of the Pentium D processor | Smithfield is the name of various places in the USA. | |
| Solano | a Pentium III/Celeron chipset | Solano County, California | |
| Sonoma | second-generation Centrino platform | Sonoma is the name of a town, a county, a valley and a stream in Northern California. | |
| Sossaman | the Dual-Core Xeon LV (Low Voltage) | reference unknown | |
| Springdale | the 865 Pentium 4 chipset | Springdale is the name of several places in the USA. | |
| Steeley or Steely (spelling uncertain) | a single-core mobile chip [6] | reference unknown | |
| Tanglewood | a version of the Itanium processor, successor to Montvale | Tanglewood, an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts or Tanglewood, a neighborhood in Houston, Texas. See Tanglewood (disambiguation). | |
| Tanner | Initial version of the Pentium III Xeon | Tanner probably refers to Tanner, a place in King County, Washington. | |
| Tehema | a Pentium 4 chipset | Mount Tehama, an ancient volcano in northern California. | |
| Tejas | Intel's microprocessor which was to be a successor to the latest Pentium 4 with Prescott core | Tejas has several meanings; see Tejas. | |
| Tigerton | A quad-core, MP-capable processor to be released in place of Whitefield | Tigerton, a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin? | |
| Timna | Abanoned x86-based SoC project [7] | Timna, a city in southern Isreal | |
| Tolapai | x86-based system-on-a-chip [8] | possibly Tolapai Spring, Arizona | |
| Tonga | Pentium II Mobile processor | Unknown; see Tonga (disambiguation) | |
| Triton | a Pentium chipset | probably refers to Triton, a city in Washington, USA. | |
| Tualatin | third-generation Pentium III processor; also name of derived fourth-generation Celeron processor, nicknamed ‘’Tualeron’’ | Tualatin Valley or the Tualatin River in Oregon, where Intel has large manufacturing and design facilities | ...family 6, model 11 |
| Tukwila | Tanglewood renamed, after the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts demanded a switch | Tukwila, Washintgon | |
| Tulsa | the 7100 series, an improved version of Paxville MP | Tulsa, the second-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and the county seat of Tulsa County. | |
| Tumwater | a Dual Xeon chipset | Tumwater is a city in Thurston County, Washington next to the Deschutes River. | |
| Vanderpool | an x86 Virtualization technology | Vanderpool, a small settlement in Bandera County, Texas. | |
| Westmere | the 32 nm shrink of Nehalem [9] | Possibly named after Westmere, a hamlet in Albany County, NY | |
| Whitefield | a quad-core processor, partially based on Woodcrest, using the new Common System Interface (CSI) bus | Whitefield is the name of several places in the USA; see Whitefield. | |
| Whitney | a Pentium II/III / Celeron chipset | Whitneyis the name of several places in the USA including Whitney, Oregon, Whitney, Texas and Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the continental United States. | |
| Willamette | the first Pentium 4 processor | Willamette River or the Willamette Valley region of Oregon, where a large number of Intel manufacturing facilities are located | |
| Windigo | WWAN Internet access via HSDPA cellular networks | Windigo? | |
| Woodcrest | a dual-core Xeon DP | Woodcrest, a census-designated place in Riverside County, California | |
| Wolfdale | 45nm desktop dual-core processor (based on 'Penryn', the 45nm incarnation of the Core 2 Duo architecture) [10] | possibly Wolfdale, a census-designated place in Washington County, Pennsylvania | |
| Yamhill | the EM64T CPU architecture | Yamhill is the name of several places and geographical features in Oregon; referred here is likely the Yamhill River in Oregon's Willamette Valley. | |
| Yonah | Intel's Pentium M line, after Banias and Dothan, branded ’’Intel Core’’ | Yonah pigeon in Hebrew, developed at Intel Development Center Israel. | |
| Yorkfield | the quad-core successor to the Kentsfield processor | reference unknown |
