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Wow, I just saw in the article that NVIDIA called a new chip Vera Rubin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Rubin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Rubin, also

Wow, I just saw in the article that NVIDIA called a new chip Vera Rubin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Rubin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Rubin, also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory). How is it allowed for a commercial company to assign a name of a known person to a product ?

consz 7mo ago
different vera rubin, common mistake
semiquaver 7mo ago
...why wouldn’t that be “allowed”?
- sega_sai 7mo ago
  Would you want the commercial company use your name, or the name of your relative?
  - semiquaver 7mo ago
    Sure, why not? Especially if it’s honoring my contribution to science.
    - sega_sai 7mo ago
      The observatory is named in honour of Vera Rubin. That makes sense. The commercial company deciding to name their new generation of chips does not (at least to me).
      - pram 7mo ago
        Tesla???
CamouflagedKiwi 7mo ago
It's a codename. The product will be called "R100" or "R200" etc. (And "RTX6090" etc for the consumer versions).
Polizeiposaune 7mo ago
People have sued over this sort of thing. Apple's Power Macintosh 7100 was originally codenamed "Carl Sagan": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_7100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_7100 Sagan sued. Engineers at Apple changed the name to BHA: "Butt-Head Astronomer". He sued again. The final codename was "LAW: Lawyers are Wimps".
altmanaltman 7mo ago
I mean Nvidia has been naming thier chips after scientists for a while now Hopper, Blackwell etc. Names are not copyrightable, you can literally create a toaster and call it Einstein. It doesn't mean you're doing anything illegal. There are some exceptions like if the name is actually used by a brand (like Tesla now) or if the person is alive/recently dead, or if you claim they are in someway endorsing your project. Like claiming "Einstein always toasted bread with the Einstein toaster!" is not okay. The way Nvidia does it is actually super respectful and it's honestly better to use names like these instead of ULTRA PRO MAX 5x etc.

consz 7mo ago

different vera rubin, common mistake

semiquaver 7mo ago

...why wouldn’t that be “allowed”?

sega_sai 7mo ago
Would you want the commercial company use your name, or the name of your relative?
- semiquaver 7mo ago
  Sure, why not? Especially if it’s honoring my contribution to science.
  - sega_sai 7mo ago
    The observatory is named in honour of Vera Rubin. That makes sense. The commercial company deciding to name their new generation of chips does not (at least to me).
    - pram 7mo ago
      Tesla???

CamouflagedKiwi 7mo ago

It's a codename. The product will be called "R100" or "R200" etc. (And "RTX6090" etc for the consumer versions).

Polizeiposaune 7mo ago

People have sued over this sort of thing. Apple's Power Macintosh 7100 was originally codenamed "Carl Sagan": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_7100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_7100 Sagan sued. Engineers at Apple changed the name to BHA: "Butt-Head Astronomer". He sued again. The final codename was "LAW: Lawyers are Wimps".

altmanaltman 7mo ago

I mean Nvidia has been naming thier chips after scientists for a while now Hopper, Blackwell etc. Names are not copyrightable, you can literally create a toaster and call it Einstein. It doesn't mean you're doing anything illegal. There are some exceptions like if the name is actually used by a brand (like Tesla now) or if the person is alive/recently dead, or if you claim they are in someway endorsing your project. Like claiming "Einstein always toasted bread with the Einstein toaster!" is not okay. The way Nvidia does it is actually super respectful and it's honestly better to use names like these instead of ULTRA PRO MAX 5x etc.