AMD's Budget CPU

[Frozen]

AMD has released a budget CPU similar to Intel's Celeron CPU.


The AMD "Sempron" includes all the same features such as,
-Lower FSB Speed
-Half the L2 Cache.

This is probably the same story as the celeron. Processors with bad cache are cut down and sold as budget CPUs.

Here's a link (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-212&depa=1) to one of the models.

[drusome]

AMD is merely renaming the Athlon XP the 'sempron' and throwing out the Duron...Should be a much better choice than the celeron..

[cram]

AMD is merely renaming the Athlon XP the 'sempron' and throwing out the Duron
Not quite. The Semprons are based on the Athlon XP but have half the cache, and adjusted clock/bus speeds. Check it out at Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/20040728-4045.html).

[Bastieeeh]

In fact there are two different versions. One is based on the older Thouroughbred-AthlonXP (and not the Barton) and the other one is simply a stripped down K8 core version without 64bit capability and Single-Channel memmory support. I found this review quite interesting: Anandtech.com (http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2139)

[Frozen]

YEa, i didnt add that :p

[DanTheBanjoman]

Just posted another review of the Sempron, it's compared to the athlon 64.

If you're too lazy to click home and look for the link here it is: http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2170