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Thread ID: 60332	2005-07-29 01:12:00	Did AMD kill Duron?	ahd8888 (184)	PC World Chat

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376516	2005-07-29 01:12:00	Hi all, I am not actually AMD fan . Knowledge about AMD processer very limited . Would like anyone to enlighten me . I used to compare Intel Pentium with AMD Athlon and Intel Celeron with AMD Duron . Recently, a friend of my came to me and ask me if Sempron 3000 is good or not . By looking at AMD web site, I noticed that AMD is actually comparing Sempron with Intel Celeron processor . And Duron is "classified" as "Older Products" . Did AMD kill Duron? Why? Any articles I can read from internet . Thank you .	ahd8888 (184)
376517	2005-07-29 01:22:00	Because time moves on,and the Sempron Socket A cpu's are the same design as the Athlon Socket A series,but with revised model numbers. The socket 754 Semprons are the same as the 64-bit 754's but without the 64-bit arcitecture (which is wasted at the mo anyhow) and with revised model numbers.	Metla (12)
376518	2005-07-29 01:25:00	The Sempron 3000 (socket A) has 512kb cache. The socket 754 alas, doesn't.	pctek (84)
376519	2005-07-29 01:33:00	....Cant say I have ever seen a Socket A Sempron 3000....Certainly not on any of my pricelists. They have have just released a range of Semprons for 754 that go as low as 2600 (1.6ghz),who the hell do they think we are going to sell these to?	Metla (12)
376520	2005-07-29 02:20:00	The new Sempron socket 754 CPUs will be 64bit. Available from about August the 19th I think.	CYaBro (73)
376521	2005-07-29 02:30:00	Thats interesting, I didn't take much notice but looking again they are indeed listed as 64-bit, This price-list has them available as from 26 July.... But still, who would sell one of these? We still don't have a viable 64-bit Windows OS to bundle with it,and its a budget performaing CPU....I can't imagine at anytime I will be telling someone its a good buy. Perhaps when XP-64 gets a bit more mature, But I cant see any great effort for companies to provide hardware and drivers, Its an intrim product at best.	Metla (12)
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