What does "Tigon3" mean?

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On 02/05/2010 02:10 AM, Detlef Lechner wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 02:24 -0500, Michael Haney wrote:
> 
>> Broadcom Tigon3 is likely the name of the chipset used in your Ethernet adapter.
>> 
>> BCM5751M is associated with the Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M
>> PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
> 
> You did not explain why there are two different names for the same
> thing.
> 
> Detlef
> 

http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q="Broadcom+Tigon3"
http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/TIGON3.html