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AMD Plants Turion Line of Mobile Chips

Posted by michael on from the watch-it-grow dept.

dsginter writes "Today, AMD has blessed us with their Turion line of chips. Though it is supposed to compete with Intel's Centrino line, with such a name, one has to wonder if AMD is going after the Celeron, the name of which is derived from the latin word, 'celer', meaning 'fast' or 'swift', as in 'celery' - the fastest of all vegetables."

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  1. Oh man... by inkdesign · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The company said it considered the dictionary definition too rare to hinder the chip's prospects."

    Well, at least they KNOW it's a shitty name.

  2. Duron? by vasqzr · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Duron was pretty close to 'Celeron' in name.

  3. Re:New Chip by b1t+r0t · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm waiting for an AMD Boron myself. Nothing fast and hot, just a nice underspecced chip that doesn't need a fan that sounds like a jet plane taking off. Just reliable and boring.

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