Wednesday, May 2nd 2007

AMD to Introduce the Phenom Brand

Over the next two weeks AMD will slowly begin to introduce its new brand name for the next generation high end desktop K10 architecture. The brand, Phenom, will succeed Athlon on all K10 offerings. Dual-core Agena processors will be labeled as Phenom X2 while quad-core Agena CPUs will receive the name Phenom X4 or Phenom FX. Phenom is pronounced as an abbreviated version of the word "phenomenal." The company will still retain its Athlon and Sempron brand names - Athlon on its mid-range products and Sempron on up the low-end.
Source: DailyTech
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37 Comments on AMD to Introduce the Phenom Brand

#26
Ketxxx
Heedless Psychic
*Twiddles thumbs waiting to see the rediculously high inital prices*
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#27
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
GJSNeptuneHeh. Yay personal typos! :p



Well, unless 'are' is 'as' and 'fore' is 'for' in Australia. :D
thats 3am typing for you.

And hey, tornado is better than phenom!

Maybe AMD should have a CPU naming competition :P
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#28
GJSNeptune
Well, if AMD is properly naming chips, I'd rather have a Phenom. :p


"Shit! My components are overheating! AHHH, the wind! I think my sound card is about to fly out of its slot!"
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#29
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
mana mana octa core FTW!
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#30
bigboi86
Musselsanother american abbreviation for big annoying words? I take it its just a mutilated phenomenon.

Oh and neptune: its 2:30am, i'm drinking whiskey, watching anime, and eating pie. Allow me my mistakes. Athron sounds cool tho, i'm sure thats how the japanese pronounce it anyway :D
Lol, I hate when Australians say crikey and mate all the time and wear short-shorts while hunting gators.
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#31
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
rofl. wonderful stereotypes... f*ing croc hunter. He alone has made half the stereotypes about australia, lol.

Crikey mate, this threads got off-topic! i'm gunna go swim with things that want to eat me now, and be surprised if i die! *leaves to chase stingrays*
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#32
bigboi86
Musselsrofl. wonderful stereotypes... f*ing croc hunter. He alone has made half the stereotypes about australia, lol.

Crikey mate, this threads got off-topic! i'm gunna go swim with things that want to eat me now, and be surprised if i die! *leaves to chase stingrays*
Lol. :)
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#33
Aeon19
That's a very good news!!! :nutkick:
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#34
bruins004
Are these chips still coming out Q3 or were they pushed back to Q1 2008
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#35
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
::grin Tats:: yeah thats a kick ass intel killer name there. I dont believe AMD will have initial high prices, they have to compete with the C2D remember.
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#36
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
The thing is, will this be out before or after intels 35nm refresh? If penryn beats phenom for the launch, phenoms price will be higher initially and make AMD fans sad.
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#37
kureng
i think Phenom sound great, just like batman... hahaha...
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