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Intel Silverthorne Is Now Atom, Carry On
Posted by Mark Wilson at 10:38 AM on March 3, 2008
Intel has decided to simplify their low-power 45nm chipsets for ultraportables with sexier, more car-like names. The technology formerly known as Silverthorne and Diamondville, from this day forward, shall be known as "Atom." And Menlow products shall be known as "Centrino Atom."
You have roughly 48 hours to hold your newly found knowledge over everyone's head in the IT department. Enjoy. [PCWorld]
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oyumurtaci
Posted 11:56 AM 3/3/08
@gamecrazychris: I would go with Molecule. Or if they choose to play it the other way around, Electron followed by Neutron and Proton, eventually ending with Quark. Otherwise I would say Molecule, Compound, Alloy, and then they're out.
Not really a joke, but it's a funny thing (which may be totally false): rumor is that Mendelev had fallen asleep with his face in a pile of small pieces of paper with individual letters on each of them while trying to find a way to organize atoms. When he woke up, it came to him (or he foresaw it in his dream) and he quickly arranged said letters into something close to the periodic table. The story is after he arranged everything (Alkalis, Inert Gasses etc) there was an empty spot which nothing fit in, so he just put in 'Mendelevium' which was to be filled with the next thing discovered...
oyumurtaci
BrianJ7
Posted 11:56 AM 3/3/08
@scarbrtj:
Are you actually implying that there are good periodic table jokes?
BrianJ7
scarbrtj
Posted 11:56 AM 3/3/08
Anybody know any good periodic table jokes? Anybody?
scarbrtj
gamecrazychris
Posted 11:56 AM 3/3/08
The successor to this will probably be called Atom 2 or something like that.
gamecrazychris
xeijix
Posted 11:56 AM 3/3/08
Silverthorne sounds like something that can kick Isaiah's butt, but I'm not so sure about a cpu named Atom
xeijix
P3nnst8r
Posted 11:56 AM 3/3/08
i like the crazy names better
P3nnst8r
Mandatory_Field
Posted 11:56 AM 3/3/08
Dual-core Eee? Now you're talkin'
Mandatory_Field
googlesmith
Posted 11:56 AM 3/3/08
haha...what a pathetic name.
googlesmith
mcsurfer3393
Posted 1:01 PM 3/3/08
@iceicemaybe: rofl... THAT was funny
mcsurfer3393
strider_mt2k
Posted 1:01 PM 3/3/08
Up and at them!
strider_mt2k
iceicemaybe
Posted 1:01 PM 3/3/08
@oyumurtaci: Actually Mendeleev assorted elements by atomic weight.
iceicemaybe
oyumurtaci
Posted 11:48 PM 3/3/08
@iceicemaybe: Yes but I was referring to the arrangement of the table as opposed to the sequence of the elements.
oyumurtaci
tastybytes
Posted 1:53 AM 4/3/08
@strider_mt2k: i knew someone had to say that.. awesome
tastybytes
GFX-187
Posted 3:17 AM 4/3/08
@strider_mt2k: UP AND ATOM
GFX-187
Out2gtcha
Posted 4:30 AM 4/3/08
@GFX-187:
Your grasp of the obvious is astounding.
Out2gtcha
Out2gtcha
Posted 4:30 AM 4/3/08
@strider_mt2k:
Nice one monsignor Wolfcastle!
Out2gtcha
strider_mt2k
Posted 11:10 AM 4/3/08
UP AND AT THEM!
strider_mt2k