Worst name for a CPU yet!

Saudakar

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Applebred, the new 1,4 - 1,8GHz Durons running on a 266MHz FSB but still on the 128/64kb cache.

They really need a new guy to think of names for their future CPUs! I know it doesn´t really matter, but come on, Applebred, that sucks!
 
appleinbred? - not bad, but how would one inbreed those? Maybe I really don't want to know the answer to that one... <go to a happy place, go to a happy place!>

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It just sounds a bit like the mutated offspring of an AXP & an old Duron, and they <i>are</i> from the same family after all.. :wink:

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Too me it sounds like a Macintosh wannabe of the ol' Thoroughbred core.

My OS features preemptive multitasking, a fully interactive command line, & support for 640K of RAM!
 
Hmm, my wife likes Apple Butter on her bread, so Applebutter is ok, but Applebred? How about Bananabred?

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...with white goo on top. Nngggg... *drools*

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This "applebred" is a bad news for me. In my country, AMD distributors behave somewhat like Intel. They don't let the price of AXP drop below $100 (still better than Intel, they don't let the Pentium price to drop below $120). I though, after Athlon 64 launch, AXP prices will drop to $60 to $70 here and I'll grab one. Now it seems than "new" Durons will take this place and I've to spend at least $80 to 100 for an AXP.

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Applebred and Apple<b>In</b>bred are too long

how about just
<b>In</b>bred :smile:

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Actually Apple Butter makes a fairly good heatsink compound for short term use, better IMO than Vegemite, which is hard to find stateside, and FAR better on Cyrix chips!

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Isn't that just the core name?

Is Thoroughbred or Teja any better? 😉 At least it's not Nehemiah!

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Yes, it´s the core name, what else would it be???

IMO there´s logic to Thoroughbred, though it´s a bit too long, but considering the Athlon XP line, Thoroughbred seems ok.

There´s no logic to the name Applebred!

I´m not saying there should be logic in the core name, but Applebred is just too lame!
 
<font color=red><i><b>ThunderBird</i></b></font color=red>
Now that was a cool core name. 😎

If Intel always uses American towns for it's core names, what convention does AMD use? There doesn't seem to be one.. Maybe they just have suggestion boxes in the HQ?


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Agreed, Thunderbird was a good name, but still pretty long.

I´m no salesman myself, and I have no idea on what consumers would think, but my guess on good core names would be names with "harmony" like Daisy or female names for the low-ends (Morgan really worked for me), and mythical or dangerous animal names like Chimera, Tiamat, Panther, Scorpion and Viper for the high-ends.

It would be nice to get the new 5,6GHz Panther from Intel! :wink:

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Saudakar on 08/27/03 05:27 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
 
LOL

this is all just too funny!


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How about Mom's-good-o'l-home-made-Lemon-bred

Might be a bit long but hey, its good stuff!

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I know! name them after Sesame street characters. Imagine having 'Ernie' running your computer! :lol:

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You just have to remember AMD has always, until now, stuck to using horse names for their cores.
Morgan IS a horse, just as Tbird and Tbred.

They are now moving to major city names like San-Diego, Athens and Paris.

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As I said above, AMD uses horse names, but has stopped since the K8 (Sledge and Claw).
Furthermore Intel uses STREET names near their fabs, not city names. Tualatin is a river or something, Prescott is a street, Wilamette too!

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