I guess I never thought of it in a gaming-oriented way, although it totally makes sense. Ryzen also sounds like "rising", and even like "horizon", which are bo

I guess I never thought of it in a gaming-oriented way, although it totally makes sense. Ryzen also sounds like "rising", and even like "horizon", which are both pretty positive and non-gamer-y. Ripping has other meanings too. It can mean going really fast or energetically, like "the driver ripped right past the race leader on that corner" or "let her rip" when you launch something at full speed. And a sawmill or woodworker uses a circular saw, band saw, etc. to rip wood, which means dividing it along the grain, the natural direction it wants to split. Which I suppose makes a good analogy for embarrassingly parallel compute problems.