The worlds most popular CPU manufacturer, Intel, decided in 2008 to move on from their successful Pentium branding (the original Pentium chip debuted in 1993!) to Intel Core branding.
Nehalem – 2008 – 1st generation
Sandy Bridge – 2011 – 2nd generation
Ivy Bridge – 2012 – 3rd generation
Haswell – 2013 – 4th generation
Broadwell – 2014 – 5th generation
Skylake – 2015 – 6th generation
Kaby Lake – 2016 – 7th generation
Coffee Lake – 2017 – 8th generation
Cannon Lake – 2018 – 9th generation