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What Does the "E" Signify in "Broadwell E," and Other Naming Questions

CPome
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Hey everyone. I've been training myself to be able to recognize what the names of Intel Processors mean, and I have a couple of questions. First, what does E mean in Broadwell E mean? Is it linked to the Extreme Edition Processors?

Second, are the letters at the end of processor names (The Alpha Suffixes) consistent in their meaning between processor brands? For example, does T mean the same thing in Core i7-6700T (On a Core processor it means power optimized lifestyle according to http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html?iid=prod_core2duo+body_processornumbers this page) as it does in Celeron Processor G1820T? I question this because there are some Atom server processors where a C means microserver, but then non server processors also have a C, and I doubt that that meaning transfers.

Finally, on the topic of Alpha Suffixes, would you be able to tell the meanings of P, J, D, F, G, B, or A (I am assuming that the meaning is transferable between brands here, as discussed in the previous paragraph. Otherwise, there are tons of letters which are left unknown)?

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AlHill
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All you ever wanted to know about https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor-numbers.html Intel® Processor Numbers: Laptop, Desktop, and Mobile Device and their naming conventions.

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CPome
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Thanks for the reply, but, unfortunately, this page has no mention of a lot of the things which I wondered about, like "E" naming scheme and the obscure Alpha Prefixes. I was hoping that someone might be able to shed some light on this from their personal experience (or even if there is a different official Intel naming page that would include these things).

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