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What's up with physics names ? Axion, Graviton, Ampere, Electron. I guess it sounds cool and is not trademarked... What's next ? -- boson, hadron, parsec ?

• winwang 3y ago
  If I had to guess, it's because its a hardware change... like you're doing better at implementing software on physics :P
• the_panopticon 3y ago
  There is a lot of room in the periodic table, too, as MS showed starting with https://www.servethehome.com/microsoft-azure-cobalt-100-128-core-arm-neoverse-n2-cpu-launched/ https://www.servethehome.com/microsoft-azure-cobalt-100-128-...
  • devnullbrain 3y ago
    Fewer thank you'd think. It turns out the poisonous ones are bad for PR.
• deleted 3y ago
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• Koffiepoeder 3y ago
  Generic names are often used to avoid copyright and trademark strikes. Other easy naming schemes are rivers, minerals, cities,...
  • amelius 3y ago
    Is "Tesla" a generic name too?
    • tekla 3y ago
      Yes