Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process, CPUs Could Be TSMC 3nm

Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by toyg on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:39AM (#23974666)

Intel uses geographical codenames, have a look at this (out of date) list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_codenames

Ponte Vecchio is, of course, a famous bridge in Firenze.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by barbegal on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:55AM (#23974763)

It is also the name of many less famous bridges across Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Vecchio_(disambiguation)

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by jonas21 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:30PM (#23979112)

And several of Intel's codenames have been bridges ("Sandy Bridge", "Ivy Bridge").

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by arcticfox on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:31AM (#23974600)

I think the cross section between the people that would read

* "Ponte Vecchio" as "old bridge"

* and not know what the Ponte Vecchio actually is

* and would interpret the name as a bad thing

is probably small enough that it doesn't matter.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by rrrazdan on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:47AM (#23984641)

I'd like to add one more

* and also assume that a corporation named something without figuring out what the name meant!

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by tannhaeuser on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:18AM (#23974925)

Not sure an Italian wouldn't be irritated by "old bridge" as the name of a supposedly high-end electronics product even when (I'm assuming) most if not all Italians of course know the place; "Ponte Nuove (Nuovo?)" could make some sense at least. What's with the bridge metaphor and cultural appropriation anyway?

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by stellalo on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:21AM (#23974536)

Because it’s beautiful: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastingimages/17342493661

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by speedgoose on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:29AM (#23974587)

There is a lot of beautiful bridges in the world.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by romanoderoma on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:06AM (#23975902)

But not many are more than a thousand years old

Ponte Vecchio first appeared in 996

For comparison the new world was discovered by Columbus 5 centuries later.

USA first appeard 8 hundred years later.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by speedgoose on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:57AM (#23976464)

Well for sure if you compare with USA's history, many things are older.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by _-___________-_ on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:52AM (#23974740)

And they chose to name it after this one.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by gpas on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:50AM (#23974728)

Not many bridges have jewelers and art shops along them.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by stellalo on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:18PM (#23978197)

Sure, so what

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by pwdisswordfish2 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:21AM (#23974533)

I mean, they’ve already had “Sandy Bridge”, literally in English. That’s not much better…

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by fredoralive on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:17AM (#23974513)

Intel uses place names (etc) for code names. I guess they’re using bridges for GPUs and it’s named after the famous bridge in Florence?

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by romanoderoma on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:02AM (#23975868)

Because it's the name of the most popular bridge in Florence (and probably in Italy)

https://www.italiandualcitizenship.net/wp-content/uploads/20...

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by twic on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:59AM (#23974799)

Hey, at least they didn't call it Millennium Bridge:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London#Reso...

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by klelatti on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:35AM (#23975035)

Actually as a recovery from engineering failure that might be a good omen.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by Geezus_42 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:19AM (#23974524)

It sure it gave them romantic thoughts of a country bridge and probably tested well.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by 627467 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:45AM (#23974703)

I don't like sand on my CPU either...

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by greggyb on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:10AM (#23974868)

Your CPU is made of sand.

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