AMD Codenames......

[idle.man5216]

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Some codename references I've gathered on the web...

Desktop K8: Cities around the world
Single core:

• Newcastle
• Venice
• San Diego
• Lima

Dual core:

• Manchester
• Toledo
• Windsor
• Brisbane

Desktop K10: Name of stars

• Agena (Beta Centauri)
• Toliman (Alpha Centauri)
• Kuma (Nu Draconis)
• Deneb (Alpha Cygni)
• Propus (Eta Geminorum)
• Heka (Lambda Orionis)
• Rana (Delta Eridani)
• Regor (Gamma Velorum)

Opteron server CPUs and platforms: Cities related to the Formula One racing team Ferrari

• CPUs - F1 circuits:
  
  • Barcelona
  • Shanghai
  • Montreal - Cancelled
  • Suzuka
  • Istanbul
  • Sao Paolo
  • Magny-Cours
• Platforms:
  
  • Catalunya (F1 circuit)
  • Fiorano (Ferrari privately owns a F1 circuit there for testing purpose)
  • Maranello ("The home of Ferrari")
  • Piranha (Breaks tradition, this is a kind of fish) - Cancelled

Commercial desktop platform

• Perseus (Greek mythology or Constellation)
• Kodiak (A city?)

Mainstream desktop platform

• Cartwheel (An acrobatic maneuver or Cartwheel Galaxy)

Enthusiast desktop platform

• Spider (As the promotional material suggests, a spider )
• Leo (Constellation?)

Mobile CPUs and platforms: Bird and animal names

• CPUs:
  
  • Griffin - for Turion Ultra architecture
  • Lion
  • Swift (a bird similar to swallow)
• Platforms - Birds:
  
  • Kite
  • Puma (This one actually breaks the tradition.)
  • Shirke
  • Eagle

[solwolf]

Beyond Kuma in Draco lies Wolf 359 in Leo.