![Images of Texas and a revolver drawn on an AMD Athlon classic CPU.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p6x7BCG3oji5xXFRNq69BP-320-80.jpg)
AMD's classic Athlon CPUs emblazoned with etchings of Texas and revolvers — codenames may have changed to avoid upset car companies
A veteran AMD employee confirms that the original internal Athlon codenames were rethought in order to avoid a potential lawsuit from car companies.