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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:15 pm Post subject: AMD semptron

is this the new name for the duron?

Moderator Joined: 26 May 2001 Posts: 8155 Location: Borneo

Yes.

Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:21 pm Post subject:

Bastardized AMD64 targeting the low-end market. It dethrones the Duron as the low end product but the CPU itself is leagues better.

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:05 am Post subject:

The socket-A Sempron is based on the Thoroughbred or Thorton core, since it has no on-board memory controller. The Socket-754 version will be based on Athlon64. However, the ratings on Sempron are more optimistic than on AthlonXP and AthlonMP processors with the Thoroughbred core running at the same speed. Perhaps this table will help.

GHz__FSB___Mult_Cache_Model
Duron (Applebred)
1.60 133/266 12.0 192KB 1.6
1.80 133/266 13.5 192KB 1.8

AthlonXP (Thorton/Thoroughbred/Palomino)
1.33 133/266 10.0 384KB 1500+
1.40 133/266 10.5 384KB 1600+
1.47 133/266 11.0 384KB 1700+
1.53 133/266 11.5 384KB 1800+
1.60 133/266 12.0 384KB 1900+
1.67 133/266 12.5 384KB 2000+
1.73 133/266 13.0 384KB 2100+
1.80 133/266 13.5 384KB 2200+
2.00 133/266 15.0 384KB 2400+

2.17 166/333 13.0 384KB 2700+
2.25 166/333 13.5 384KB 2800+

Sempron (Thorton or Thoroughbred?)
1.67 166/333 10.0 384KB 2400+
1.75 166/333 10.5 384KB 2500+
1.83 166/333 11.0 384KB 2600+
2.00 166/333 12.0 384KB 2800+

AthlonXP (Barton)
1.53 133/266 11.5 640KB 2000+ Mobile
1.67 133/266 12.5 640KB 2200+ Mobile
1.80 133/266 13.5 640KB 2400+ Mobile
1.87 133/266 14.0 640KB 2500+ Mobile
2.00 133/266 15.0 640KB 2600+ Mobile
2.13 133/266 16.0 640KB 2800+ MP
2.20 133/266 16.5 640KB 3000+ Mobile

1.83 166/333 11.0 640KB 2500+
1.92 166/333 11.5 640KB 2600+
2.08 166/333 12.5 640KB 2800+
2.17 166/333 13.0 640KB 3000+

2.10 200/400 10.5 640KB 3000+
2.20 200/400 11.0 640KB 3200+

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:31 pm Post subject: Re: AMD semptron

skildude wrote:
is this the new name for the duron?

Not according to the AMD whitepaper. It is the current production replacement to the Duron, Going after the Celeron market.

BTW,I wouldn't bother knocking on low end procs. If they have a market, well... Intel for example still produces 80286 - 586 socket and surface mount procs, for different integrated applications. The 486 is still hugely popular in aerospace, because it is a semi-fast chip, that is faa approved and comes in EMI shielded versions. That chip poweres some of the computers in the most advanced airliner in the world, the Boeing 777.

Currently AMD still can't get thier procs to pass FAA tests(Any of them). Same with Pent 4.

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Sempron vs. Athlon

AnandTech wrote:
If you're looking to limit yourself to 32-bit computing on the Linux desktop, the Sempron 3100+ cannot keep up with an Athlon 64 3000+ or even a 2800+. However, the 10% cost savings between the 2800+ and the 3100+ is much better than the 2 to 5% decrease in performance we saw between the two processors.

Butt Sniffer Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 1135

seems like a better name Cool

EEps · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:26 am Post subject:

cygnusx wrote:
seems like a better name

But what's really in a name? Shocking Smile