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John Fallon
Posted Monday 14th May 2007 16:10 GMT
Is this a ploy by AMD's marketing division to confuse consumers and make Phenom read/sound like Pentium
florian mosleh
Posted Monday 14th May 2007 17:08 GMT
ummm... yeah... because AMD *really* wants customers to confuse their newest line of processors with chips from 1991. wtf.
Martyn Ellison
Posted Monday 14th May 2007 18:43 GMT
I dunno if its an attempt to sound like pentium, however the pentium brand is very strong. There are still many people who buy Pentium 4s and Pentiums Ds asumeing that they are the best. Phenom is a nice name though, ive always hated Athlon.
Alex
Posted Tuesday 15th May 2007 05:49 GMT
Athlon, Duron, Opteron, Sempron, Phenom.
I think I see what they're up to.
Anonymous Coward
Posted Friday 18th May 2007 18:53 GMT
Sound like transformer names to me
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AMD launches Phenom brand
John Fallon
Sounds like Pentium? #
Posted Monday 14th May 2007 16:10 GMT
Is this a ploy by AMD's marketing division to confuse consumers and make Phenom read/sound like Pentium
florian mosleh
re: Sounds like Pentium? #
Posted Monday 14th May 2007 17:08 GMT
ummm... yeah... because AMD *really* wants customers to confuse their newest line of processors with chips from 1991. wtf.
Martyn Ellison
re: Sounds like Pentium? #
Posted Monday 14th May 2007 18:43 GMT
I dunno if its an attempt to sound like pentium, however the pentium brand is very strong. There are still many people who buy Pentium 4s and Pentiums Ds asumeing that they are the best. Phenom is a nice name though, ive always hated Athlon.
Alex
Sound's more like AMD's past brands than Intel's #
Posted Tuesday 15th May 2007 05:49 GMT
Athlon, Duron, Opteron, Sempron, Phenom.
I think I see what they're up to.
Anonymous Coward
Sound like transformer names to me #
Posted Friday 18th May 2007 18:53 GMT
Sound like transformer names to me