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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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