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aphyr on March 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Epic Games shows jaw-dropping graphics for next-ge...

They probably mean the 6-core i7-9* series, distinguished from "regular old i7" by their Gulftown architecture and 50% higher transistor count. But yeah, I thought that term died a while back.

barrkel on March 8, 2011 [–]

Oh, that's what I understood it to mean, but that kind of sloppiness makes me doubt the quality of the article.

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