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To: peter_luc who wrote (77037)	4/13/2002 1:14:26 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Peter: Let's start a petition to call the Hammer "Athlon 64"... - or simply "Hammer", of course ;-) As you have probably noticed when listening to the people around you (German speakers, I'm assuming), "Athlon" isn't the best name for an international brand. Virtually all non-English speakers have at least some problems pronouncing the "th" sound (it is quite simply not present in most other languages). It isn't a coincidence that "Pentium" contains no such sounds. The same can be said of "Coca Cola", "Pepsi", "Panasonic", "Sony", "Energizer" etc. Sure, there are a few here and there that are far from perfect, but why start yourself off with an obvious (and easily avoidable) handicap? -fyo

To: peter_luc who wrote (77037)	4/14/2002 3:32:03 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Since it's an 8th generation CPU, why not call it *Octium; it will be abbreviated "K8" anyway. Octium not only gets the 8th-generation message across, but it also sounds like it is high-power (octane ratings for fuel). I wonder if Intel has Octium as well as sexium, the natural prologue to "pentium", trademarked? Assuming the name is available, how would Intel retaliate? By calling the next design the nonium* (sounds like a phantom CPU) or decium (sounds like a decimal adding machine)? Petz