name "silicon" is so stupid

[hallux]

Apple Silicone sounds sexy.

But it's NOT Apple Silicone. Silicone is a chemical compound used for sealing things. The chips are made of Silicon, an element on the periodic table. As someone that grew up in a household with a chemical engineer father who worked in a facility that made silicone I learned the difference quickly...

 

[Waragainstsleep]

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But it's NOT Apple Silicone. Silicone is a chemical compound used for sealing things. The chips are made of Silicon, an element on the periodic table. As someone that grew up in a household with a chemical engineer father who worked in a facility that made silicone I learned the difference quickly...

I assumed that was humour. See above.

 

[Moonjumper]

Apple Silicon seems a reasonable name, but it won't abbreviate well. ARM became Arm ( https://www.arm.com/company/policies/trademarks/guidelines-trademarks ) presumably because of how it was commonly pronounced. AS would probably end up being called Ass. It might even if Apple themselves always use the full name.

 

[hallux]

Apple Silicon seems a reasonable name, but it won't abbreviate well.

Again, I don't see "Apple Silicon" as the long-term name for the chips. Apple probably hasn't solidified a marketing strategy and is just referencing them as Silicon for now because it's another way to say "computer chip" and is actually a better descriptor because they're really SoC's rather than a single individual processor.

 

[UBS28]

Today, I went with my girlfriend to a plastic surgeon. When asked what type of silicon we wanted, I said Apple as I hear great things about Apple silicon. But somehow the plastic surgeon never heard about it.

I think Apple needs to improve their marketing if they want to have serious customers. Does anyone know if there are plastic surgeons that are “Apple certified”?

 

[Kostask]

More than likely, because plastic surgeons have NEVER used silicon (essentially purified, melted beach sand). They used silicone (basically a gel) at one time, but that, too, has been discontinued for many years. While they have a common element (Silicon (Si)), they otherwise have nothing in common.

I know this was a (very poor) attempt at humor, it really isn't humerous in any way. It is a very obvious display of ignorance.

Does anybody remember Silicon Graphics (the one time graphics workstation company). I wonder why nobody made jokes about them.

 

[the8thark]

Sorry to state the above

Well I guess you have Jöns Jacob Berzeliu to blame for discovering the element in 1824.
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[Jimmy James]

It’s what it is.

Michelin rubber refers to tires. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s “lame”. They’re not even exactly rubber any more but it’s commonly understood.

 

[eoblaed]

I'm generally a fan of ASi. ('A'pple + the chemical symbol for silicon, 'Si').

 

[LonestarOne]

When I was working at Microsoft, I remember one dev moaning, “Apple introduces this great photography program calls it ‘Aperture’”. Our marketing people would have called it Microsoft Paintbrush Professional 2005 Gold Edition“.

Another dev added, “...Unlimited.”

A third added, ”...Deluxe.”

Yeah, “PowerPC ARM Version 2”. Because the more adjectives and superlatives you add, the better. Even if they don’t mean anything.

 

[Waragainstsleep]

That really sums up Microsoft rather beautifully. Except they would then go on to rebrand it 6 times in the following ten years and it would end up being called. Pro Paintbrush Deluxe Microsoft Gold Edition.

 

[Kostask]

That really sums up Microsoft rather beautifully. Except they would then go on to rebrand it 6 times in the following ten years and it would end up being called. Pro Paintbrush Deluxe Microsoft Gold Edition.

And it wouldn’t work properly, and be patched every month.

 

[Waragainstsleep]

And it wouldn’t work properly, and be patched evrey month.

Then scrapped.

 

[UBS28]

I don’t like Apple silicon. It doesn’t sound very healthy to eat an Apple made out of silicon.

I prefer real biological Apple’s and it is cheaper too.

 

[bastifantasti]

Sorry to state the above, but I think Apple should just call it a PowerPC ARM V2.. silicon is too lame and has no significance in the computer industry.. maybe for cellphones, but not for the macs - I plan to update my 2015 Macbook Pro and get an ARM MacBook Pro and on the notebook will place a sticker saying: PowerPC V2 inside.

I really hate these chips being referred to colloquially as “apple silicon” - makes me cringe. But the correct name e.g. Axx is so boring - there’s no magic.

PowerPC G4 with AltiVec, on the other hand, just sounds strong, solid, and highly engineered (which it was!)

aha I sound so stupid - there are bigger issues in the world for me to be worried about...

 

[Kostask]

Well, if you find i9-9900K magic/exciting, then I supposed you could stay with the Intel Macs until Apple comes out with a sexier/more exciting name for its CPUs, or wait for Apple to go with AMD for the Ryzen 5 3700X.

Seriously, these are chunks of silicon buried deep within the (laptop/desktop) system. The names are not supposed to be sexy, just a general indicator of potential performance.

 

[hagjohn]

Feel like they're gonna stick with Apple Silicon. Apple Silicon A14M or whatever.

arn

"Apple Core A14M" would be better name, IMO.

 

[arn]

"Apple Core A14M" would be better name, IMO.

I know this is a semi-joke, but Intel would prob object to a "Core" name

arn

 

[aednichols]

Apple Watch's "Complications" says, "hold my beer".

Apple borrowed an existing term from the watch world. I agree it sounds weird in computing.

 

[johngwheeler]

More than likely, because plastic surgeons have NEVER used silicon (essentially purified, melted beach sand). They used silicone (basically a gel) at one time, but that, too, has been discontinued for many years. While they have a common element (Silicon (Si)), they otherwise have nothing in common.

I know this was a (very poor) attempt at humor, it really isn't humerous in any way. It is a very obvious display of ignorance.

Does anybody remember Silicon Graphics (the one time graphics workstation company). I wonder why nobody made jokes about them.

Whooosh! That one went right over your head, didn't it?

I think UBS28 knows the difference between Silicon (the element) and Silicone (the polymer), and I thought his joke was at least a moderately funny poke at those who confuse the two

Or do we all have to be super-serious when we discuss anything related to technology names? Remember all those iPad jokes referring to maxi-pads? Good times....

 

[johngwheeler]

I really hate these chips being referred to colloquially as “apple silicon” - makes me cringe. But the correct name e.g. Axx is so boring - there’s no magic.

PowerPC G4 with AltiVec, on the other hand, just sounds strong, solid, and highly engineered (which it was!)

aha I sound so stupid - there are bigger issues in the world for me to be worried about...

I'm pretty sure that IBM still owns the PowerPC trademark, so that would be no-go for Apple.

 

[Kostask]

Whooosh! That one went right over your head, didn't it?

I think UBS28 knows the difference between Silicon (the element) and Silicone (the polymer), and I thought his joke was at least a moderately funny poke at those who confuse the two

Or do we all have to be super-serious when we discuss anything related to technology names? Remember all those iPad jokes referring to maxi-pads? Good times....

No it didn't; its just not funny, in an essentially stupid thread. As for poking fun at those who confuse the two, how many of them are in threads like this, or in a more general sense, on MacRumors?

The Maxii-Pad jokes were funny, the first couple of times. When repeated thousands of times, they weren't funny, just repetitive and stupid.

 

[ThirteenXIII]

get ready for goofy product line up names similar to cars. Apple Mac GTX or Turbo S. I think they'll start moving away from 'MacBook Pro', 'MacBook Air', and even 'iMac'.

 

[Superhai]

I don’t like Apple silicon. It doesn’t sound very healthy to eat an Apple made out of silicon.

I prefer real biological Apple’s and it is cheaper too.

Silica gel is even cheaper.

 

[Tech198]

Sorry to state the above, but I think Apple should just call it a PowerPC ARM V2.. silicon is too lame and has no significance in the computer industry.. maybe for cellphones, but not for the macs - I plan to update my 2015 Macbook Pro and get an ARM MacBook Pro and on the notebook will place a sticker saying: PowerPC V2 inside.

These days isn't everything "silicon" though??, as in SoC (Silicon on a Chip).. They had to call it something.. so i guess why not something oblivious.