AMD To Saddle Up Sempron On Wednesday

[KingFish]

AMD will detail on Wednesday its plans to go after the low-price PC market again, when it unveils its first Sempron-brand processors.

The chipmaker, which created the Sempron brand earlier this summer with the low-price PC market in mind, will begin offering a dozen Semprons, including eight processor models for desktops and four models for notebooks, on Wednesday. The chips which will sell for as little as $39 in 1,000 unit lots and will begin showing up in systems from brand-name PC makers in time for the holiday season, an AMD executive said.
Source: C|Net (http://news.com.com/AMD+to+saddle+up+Sempron+on+Wednesday/2100-1006_3-5286147.html?tag=nefd.top)

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Desktop Semprons will use the same basic underpinnings as desktop Athlon XP processors, while notebook Semprons will be based on mobile Athlon 64 processors but lack certain features, such as 64-bit addressing.


I would almost be willing to bet within a month of the release of that Mobile chip we will be eiher connecting or blowing bridges and turning them into full blown 64's at a fraction of the cost.

[KingFish]

I would have to agree with you on that one.

KF

[shwaip]

Depends on how they're locked. They could be locked in a similar fashion to how the P4's multipliers are locked (on the silicon, IIRC) which will not be undo-able, most likely.

[Thrax]

turns up that the s754 3100+ Sempron is faster than the full blown 2800+ A64. And it's only like $130.

[mmonnin]

I know who has one!!!