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Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by paxys on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:19AM (#49020422)
Ryzen AI Max Plus Pro 495

How does a CEO read this and not immediately fire their entire marketing team?

Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by gentlewater on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:34AM (#49020583)
I know right. Where’s the «Elite»?
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by soggybread on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:23AM (#49021195)
Don't forget the X's as well, i'm looking at you Amd RX 7900XTX
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by ethbr1 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:10AM (#49021005)
What is this, Dwarf Fortress?
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by stasomatic on Friday July 24, 2026 @08:44AM (#49034781)
Ryzen AI Max Plus Pro Ultra Light Air (not craft)
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by kryptiskt on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:32AM (#49020557)
Because it was the CEOs idea?
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by SAI_Peregrinus on Thursday July 23, 2026 @11:44AM (#49023455)
Schemes like this just indicate they've joined the USB IF.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by TYPE_FASTER on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:03AM (#49020918)
They were just leaving room for the "Ultimate" model, to be released next year.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by processunknown on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:10AM (#49021008)
Dell did this too with their workstation laptops, Dell Pro Max 16 Plus. :/
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by oblio on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:19AM (#49021133)
Why would they? It's a very scalable naming scheme, there's even room for Max Plus Pro Ultra, with 256GB of RAM.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by esskay on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:37AM (#49020612)
Agreed, what the heck were they thinking, it's obvious it should've been Ryzen AI Max Plus Pro Ultra 495.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by mrits on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:04AM (#49020931)
It’s like after 10 years of DLCs where every items has 5 suffixes and prefixes
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by cmrdporcupine on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:24AM (#49020480)
More numbers and letters and phrases = more excite! much customer!
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by npn on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:44AM (#49020700)
AI means it has npu, Max+ is marking the memory channel, PRO is a normal label for chips that have extra security baked in, it has been this way since forever.

I don't see anything wrong with the name.

Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by bdcravens on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:54AM (#49020819)
I choose to believe this comment is satire.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by elAhmo on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:48AM (#49020735)
You literally answered what is wrong with the name.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by izacus on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:00AM (#49020870)
They did not, can you explain what do you mean?
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by VulgarExigency on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:04AM (#49020941)
For those of us with feebler minds than you or him, the name is just full of qualifiers that make no sense.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by ethbr1 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:15AM (#49021087)
To expand, positional definition of adjectives tends to be a bad marketing scheme.

Nobody knows that pro and max mean specific things.

If AMD needs to create a full cross-product of their hardware feature set, because they intend to have a SKU for every possible combination, they probably need a better scheme.

Say what you want about Celeron/Pentium/i3/i5/i7, but it mostly got the idea across (except on the occasions Intel hijacked it to upbrand SKUs).

Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by izacus on Thursday July 23, 2026 @11:33AM (#49023252)
So why do so many of major successful product corporations use this kind of naming scheme?
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by lebca on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:46PM (#49026296)
It is possible to be successful in spite of one’s decisions
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by ethbr1 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @03:18PM (#49026706)
What other popular products use five separate identifiers in mass market products?

(Ryzen) (AI) (Max+) (Pro) (495)

Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by w0m on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:23AM (#49021194)
To be fair - I'd much rather the name be overwrought but clear (once you know or have the decryption key to translate) than to have to look up an even uglier chart that i have ~no chance of memorizing to go 'ok, the Tiberian has X, Y, Z and Q and the Cyrian has Q, Y, but Z is nerfed'
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by Ancapistani on Friday July 24, 2026 @04:40PM (#49041311)
I’ve not been “plugged in” enough to current-generation hardware for over a decade to know what all that meant.

There’s a place for a “decoder” for this stuff, and that should tell you something.

Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by nrp on Thursday July 23, 2026 @12:26PM (#49024235)
We're running out of space on our e-commerce UI elements and physical labels to fit some of these names.