The Athlon name to be replaced by...............Barton???

[Rectalfier]

Isn't that just the code name? It will replace the T-bird as Athlon.

 

[zippy]

<< A 0.13-micron design rule processor that will be the successsor to AMD's Athlon family, code-named Barton, will be introduced in the second half of 2002, according to AMD officials. >>

CODE NAMED. Phew...heh

 

[NFS4]

Well, did the original Athlon have a codename besides K7?

 

[Samadhi]

I think as a couple of other people have already pointed out, we are just talking codenames here.
It should also be mentioned this is not always a good thing, for instance when the Spitfire codename got renamed to the Duron production name. Somebody at AMD must have been smoking wacky backy

 

[Boonesmi]

yeah!!!! my barton can kick your bartons butt.

 

[Eug]

<< At least the name &quot;Duron&quot; I thought was good from the start... >>

It is interesting to note that in the UK, &quot;Duron&quot; was copyrighted before AMD started using it, and is the name of material used in some condoms. Maybe they worked some deal out though, since I haven't heard any flack over it.

 

[JellyBaby]

Regardless I hope they come up with something that flows better off the tongue than &quot;Athalon&quot;.

 

[Budman]

I would rather they name it Hardon.

The new Amd cpu with Viagra+ ,the new Hardon processor.

 

[divinemartyr]

<< Yah but Barton? OMG! That's a gay name! (no offense to anyone named Barton)... >>



I knew a guy years ago named Matt Barton who was in fact, homosexual. Very strange indeed.

dm

 

[Sugadaddy]

Thank God that's only the codename!!! You almost had me vomit for a second NFS4...

Athlon is actually a pretty nice name, I don't understand people who were bashing it when it came out... But Barton??? That's just a freaking joke!!!

OTOH, it might be a good sign since usually AMD has cool codenames (like Spitfire, Thunderbird) but ends up deceiving us when they come out with the official name. I mean, how could they come up with anything worse than Barton?

 

[Wiggo100]

Relax guys it's only a Code Name like Palamino.

 

[Redwingsguy]

HAHAHA well at least Athlon sounds techish, Barton sounds like a guy in full knights armor swinging a mace at a medevial times show!

and Duron should have stuck with its code name as it sounded much better!



<< I mean, how could they come up with anything worse than Barton? >>



Samuel?

 

[JellyBaby]

You're all tripping over a code name? I can remember a time when cpus lacked funky, marketing-inspired names. ZX-80, 8086, 6502, etc. Back in those days no one ever said, &quot;Gee, what the hell was Intel thinking with '80486'?! That's just dumb!&quot;.

 

[Sugadaddy]

<< Samuel? >>



yeah, Samuel is Barton's retarded cousin...

 

[randomlinh]

i liked the spitfire name

 

[WetSprocket]

I thought AMD was using horse names eg. Mustang, Thoroughbread, Clawhammer(what)... Maybe they should run a contest for a name. How about Ntelasskicher to go with the german manufacturing site...?

 

[Lord Gwynz]

Athlon still sounds stupid to me, at least Duron has that has star trekkie klingon type ring to it. Barton sounds weird too, Buffy sounds good though

 

[JellyBaby]

Bunch of nerds fussing over codenames. What's the world coming to?

 

[smp]

hahaha @ Muerto..

Hey.. Athlon is a good name.. it makes me think of the parthanon for some reason.. power and wisdom..

or something.. and duron is a good name.. &quot;durable&quot;?? ??



<edit> but yeah... barton sounds pretty lame.. maybe it could pass for a new element in the periodic table?? Maybe the missing one? Is there a missing one? </edit>

 

[DioCassius]

Barton Fink?

 

[NoreagaCNN]

<< Yah but Barton? OMG! That's a gay name! (no offense to anyone named Barton)... >>



Hey my name is Barton, .*Cries*

LOL, I'm joking
Barton does sound gay, Athlon sounds nice.

-Nore

 

[Sohcan]

Homer: Moe, I have this friend named Joey...Joe Joe...Shabadoo...
Moe: That's the worst name I've ever heard.
(guy at the end of the bar runs out crying)
Barney: Joey Joe Joe!

 

[Whitewolf]

I am Greek and Athlon means doing something incredible (like the things Hercules did) - I can't remember the english word and maybe it's just the same in Greek and English , Athlon-
In Greek it's called &quot;¢&egrave;&euml;&iuml;&ograve;&quot; ***@#$%^&amp; you cannot see the word unless you have greek coding***and it's spelled Athlos. Barton seems stupid but it's just a codename. Anyway Athlon is much better either as a codename or as a final.

 

[downhiller80]

These guys need some basic advertising help. I mean what'd be wrong with calling it the &quot;super-dooper&quot; (with &quot;turbocharger&quot; as an add on obviously)

- seb