Phantasm66
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See? I told you. They are just Athlon XPs with a facelift...
'"There is overlap between the two product lines," said Bahr Mahony, a mobile marketing manager with AMD, who conceded that, in some cases, the Sempron processors could be the same die as Athlon XPs, specified at different clock frequencies.' - eetimes.
OK, maybe I am exaggerating a little: the on-chip cache sizes are different, as well as some other differences in quality. Still, don't expect anything radical from this chip. But then, its not meant to be...
'"There is overlap between the two product lines," said Bahr Mahony, a mobile marketing manager with AMD, who conceded that, in some cases, the Sempron processors could be the same die as Athlon XPs, specified at different clock frequencies.' - eetimes.
OK, maybe I am exaggerating a little: the on-chip cache sizes are different, as well as some other differences in quality. Still, don't expect anything radical from this chip. But then, its not meant to be...
