Eric Legge
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AMD says that for desktop and notebook computing, its 64-bit Athlon 64 and 64 FX processors fill the top range, with the Athlon XP and Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 32-bit chips filling the middle range.
The new Sempron range of processors are intended to compete with Intel's 'value' Celeron range at the lower end of the market. AMD itself says much about the market for the new processor, but provides little in the way of details.
Apparently, the target customers for the Sempron are "about downloading and playing music, or sending pictures to family and friends." In short, a home user with a broadband connection for whom the computer is more for entertainment than business tasks.
Although AMD remains silent about what the design and features of the Sempron are likely to be, it is almost certainly going to be a 32-bit processor. Reports suggest that it will be available in Socket A, Socket 754, and (the recently announced) Socket 939 versions with dual- channel DDR RAM support. It is also likely to support the NX (no execute) instruction that guards against buffer overflows and other software design flaws which can be exploited by viruses.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~86164,00.html
Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
The new Sempron range of processors are intended to compete with Intel's 'value' Celeron range at the lower end of the market. AMD itself says much about the market for the new processor, but provides little in the way of details.
Apparently, the target customers for the Sempron are "about downloading and playing music, or sending pictures to family and friends." In short, a home user with a broadband connection for whom the computer is more for entertainment than business tasks.
Although AMD remains silent about what the design and features of the Sempron are likely to be, it is almost certainly going to be a 32-bit processor. Reports suggest that it will be available in Socket A, Socket 754, and (the recently announced) Socket 939 versions with dual- channel DDR RAM support. It is also likely to support the NX (no execute) instruction that guards against buffer overflows and other software design flaws which can be exploited by viruses.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~86164,00.html
Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
