Clawhammer to be named the Athlon 64

[Adul]

http://news.com.com/2100-1040-966405.html?tag=lh

During his Tuesday speech, Ruiz also announced that the brand name of AMD's 64-bit desktop processor, codenamed ClawHammer, will be AMD Athlon 64. The chip will ship during the first half of next year.

 

[kuk]

According to Anand's COMDEX coverage for day 2, Clawhammer will be named Athlon XP 64 ... seems weird. Maybe it's just Athlon 64.

What I like is this:

The performance of the Athlon XP 64 at 1.4GHz was around the speed of a 2.2GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 2200+, at least in the 3DMark tests we ran.

 

[CurtCold]

Originally posted by: kuk
According to Anand's COMDEX coverage for day 2, Clawhammer will be named Athlon XP 64 ... seems weird. Maybe it's just Athlon 64.

What I like is this:

The performance of the Athlon XP 64 at 1.4GHz was around the speed of a 2.2GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 2200+, at least in the 3DMark tests we ran.

That's going to be sooo sweet....ClawHammer just sounds cooler than Athlon 64 though...

 

[SexyK]

Originally posted by: kuk
According to Anand's COMDEX coverage for day 2, Clawhammer will be named Athlon XP 64 ... seems weird. Maybe it's just Athlon 64.

What I like is this:

The performance of the Athlon XP 64 at 1.4GHz was around the speed of a 2.2GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 2200+, at least in the 3DMark tests we ran.

That sounds great, except for the fact that they'll probably have to get to at least 2GHz to have a competetive chip. IMO, it remains to be seen if they can pull it off. I wouldn't be suprised by a 1.8GHz launch.

Kramer

 

[LH]

Lets link two posts together. Because no one seems to acknowledge that other thread with the Apple/AMD rumor.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=912571

 

[kuk]

Originally posted by: LH
Lets link two posts together. Because no one seems to acknowledge that other thread with the Apple/AMD rumor.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=912571

And will remain about the rumor. This news is too big for a rumor thread. 😉

 

[chizow]

I hope it doesn't suck like Nintendo 64 😉

Chiz

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: chizow
I hope it doesn't suck like Nintendo 64 😉

Chiz

that consol had some good for it, to bad it wasnt cd based.

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

i still have mine here with goldeneye 007 😉
(took quite a while to get all cheats....)

looks like amd wont give up "athlon" part of their name.....
still looks pretty nice nonetheless (but clawhammer does sound better)

 

[kuk]

Originally posted by: Adul

Originally posted by: chizow
I hope it doesn't suck like Nintendo 64 😉

Chiz

that consol had some good for it, to bad it wasnt cd based.

A mean lady stole my Nintendo 64 and all games.

And it's true ... I sold her and she gave a cold, no funds, stolen check. :|

 

[Budman]

So when's the paper launch going to be?

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: chizow
I hope it doesn't suck like Nintendo 64 😉

Chiz

At least there will be Unreal 64 for it.

 

[Occifer]

You guys are forgetting what you will actually have to call it

"Athlon XP 64 3200+ @ 2.0 Ghz"

or whatever the rating will be.

 

[Rand]

Makes sense.. the "Athlon" has a decent amount of brand name recognition, with the "64" they can leverage it's X86-64 capabilities and hype them for all their worth to the consumer.
I'm willing to bet "64bit" will be a nice little marketing tag... their are an awful lot of people willing to believe 64bit equates to 2X the performance of 32bit.

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: Rand
Makes sense.. the "Athlon" has a decent amount of brand name recognition, with the "64" they can leverage it's X86-64 capabilities and hype them for all their worth to the consumer.
I'm willing to bet "64bit" will be a nice little marketing tag... their are an awful lot of people willing to believe 64bit equates to 2X the performance of 32bit.

yes marketing shoudl have fu with that