News AMD to ‘kill' its processor brand names?

I liked the Phenom II's X2, X3, X4, and X6 designators that told specifically how many cores they have. A6 and A8 both have quad cores.

Intel's i-series...well, one just can't tell from the i-designator. The i5 processors are either dual or quad core, and i7s are either quad or hex cores. One must look up the specific model number after the i-designator to find out the number of cores. At least the i3 series are all dual core.

 

Actually you get mobile i7 processors with 2C/4T and others with 4C/8T
So confusing ...

The only thing I see that seems to be consistant throughout the whole cpu range is that i7 always has HT.