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AMD Names Athlon4

by Steve Gibson, May 10, 2001 10:48am PDT

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AMD has chosen a name for their upcoming next-gen chip and as a little snip at the Intel guys they are going with the name "Athlon 4" to go head to head with the Intel Pentium4 chip.

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they should call it the Athlon 5...guess they aren't as smart as me

May 10, 2001 11:51am PDT

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they should call it the Athlon 5...guess they aren't as smart as me : Doom
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  that was exactly what I was thinking when I popped in here. :) : bobo_the_clown
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    Naah, it's the 4th athlon they release, if I'm correct. 1. "Classic" Athlon 2. T-bird 3. Duron 4. At... : element
    - not as we know it not as we know it.... theres klingons on the starboard bow scrape em off jim I... : Doom
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      i believe (could be VERY wrong) but the "classic" athlon came with a couple differnat architectures. kin... : corey
      
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      Not really. Classic Athlon used 1/2 clock cache speed (and 1/3 i think for higher end ones), then came t... : booyaka
      
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      I think they should call it the Athlon 2001 SE... : Tissen
      
      Athlon XP? bad micro$oft humor : gonk

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Now they just need a group of Green men to rival the Pentium "Blue Man Group".

Thing is, the Blue Crew rocks. Have you ever seen them on Leno? They friggin' rule. 'Course, their talents are wasted in the P3/4 commercials

May 10, 2001 11:26am PDT

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Now they just need a group of Green men to rival the Pentium "Blue Man Group". Thing is, the Blue Crew... : enigmatic
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  Yeah, I saw them on leno.. They totally ruled. They like shoved a tiny camera down a famous actor's thro... : bobo_the_clown
  - It was Mel Gibson. At least one of the times, they were on more than once I think. : arizona bay
- Haven't you heard? Since naming their next chip the Athlon 4 AMD has decided to hire the Blue Man group ... : franimal

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I hearby dub the Intel chip formally codenamed "Northwood", the "PENTATHLON"

Andy Grove
Intel Chairman

May 10, 2001 5:04pm PDT

I hearby dub the Intel chip formally codenamed "Northwood", the "PENTATHLON" Andy Grove Intel Chairma... : Syclone

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sucky sucky me love u long time

May 10, 2001 10:49am PDT

sucky sucky me love u long time : disembodied potato

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Arg! I *hate* sequel chips. At least the name Athlon doesn't have an inherent number the way Pentium does, though.

May 10, 2001 2:16pm PDT

Arg! I *hate* sequel chips. At least the name Athlon doesn't have an inherent number the way Pentium do... : Ardvaark

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Green hell, RED MEN. INJUNS. j/k :p

Anyway, kick some ass AMD!!! I wanna see Intel CRY FOR MOMMY.

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-J

May 10, 2001 1:56pm PDT

Green hell, RED MEN. INJUNS. j/k :p Anyway, kick some ass AMD!!! I wanna see Intel CRY FOR MOMMY. :... : jrock

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ER wasn't enough for this one, eh?

May 10, 2001 10:51am PDT

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ER wasn't enough for this one, eh? : the archvile
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  Heh what was Maarten doing hiding this in there? didnt really think it was an ER type story.. oh well. : Steve Gibson
  - #4 that dutch bastard, probably hitting bongs or something. : RMSzero
  - "Jessica Alba while using a vacuum bra and being covered with 150 ticks was attacked by a naked man with... : the archvile

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dsfrdsafsdafsadf

May 10, 2001 10:49am PDT

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- I guess holding down a key is too easy. : Cygnus X-1