[Cialug] AMD Athlon XP supplies may be drying up

[timwilson011 at mchsi.com]

I think I need to clarify my original e-mail.  The Sempron processor is a 32 bit
processor.  There are two socket styles for the Sempron: The Socket A style, and
the Socket 754 style.  The Socket A style is going away, including Semprons.
http://the-inquirer.net/?article=21377

Socket 754 motherboards are supposed to handle both the 32-bit Sempron, and the
64-bit Athlon64.  But as always, double check with the board manufacturer.

Of course, AMD is supposed to announce Socket M2 next year.
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050504_145314.html

--
Tim W.


> I believe that both socket 754 and 939 allow for both 32 and 64 bit
> computing. The Athlon 64 supports both modes. Off hand I'm not sure if
> the 32/64 change is performed  vi the mobo or an auto-magic thing. The
> nice thing about the AMD64  processors is their FSB using the HTT looks
> nice.
> 
> http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_2353,00.html
> 
> 
> @
> 
> On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 17:04 +0000, timwilson011 at mchsi.com wrote:
> > There's actually 2 styles of the Sempron.  There's a Socket A style, and a
> > Socket 754 style.  The Socket 754 is basically an Athlon 64, but only in 32 
> bit
> > mode.  My guess is they're the processors that didn't pass the 64 bit test, so
> > they disabled the 64 bit circuitry, and tested it as a 32 bit processor.  The
> > Socket A style replaces the Duron.  An XP 2600+ (Barton) runs at 1.9GHz with
> > 512KB L2 Cache.  A Sempron 2600+ (Thoroughbred) runs at 1.833GHz with 256KB L2
> > Cache.  Slower core speed and less cache, yet the same speed rating.
> > 
> > --
> > Tim W.
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > There is a 32 bit and a 64 bit version of Sempron.  It is the 32 bit AMD
> > > processors and particularly the 400 Mhz bus models (Mmmmmm  Barton) that
> > > seem to be going away.  From what I've read Sempron just seems to be a way
> > > to rescue the revenue of a substandard chip by dropping some of it's cache.
> > > 
> > > Hopefully the demise of the 32 bit chips will lead to lower 64 bit chip
> > > prices - and maybe there will be a time when there is a glut of cheap 32 bit
> > > motherboards and old processors.  A heyday for terminal server projects?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: n.d [mailto:admin at c0wzftp.com] 
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:06 AM
> > > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > > Subject: Re: [Cialug] AMD Athlon XP supplies may be drying up
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > grrr.. don't give me news like this. i'll miss them trusty processors. i 
> > > thought the semperon's work  in place of the athlon xp's?
> > > 
> > > Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Maybe nobody will care, but it looks like the supply of Athlon XP 
> > > >processors, particularly the 400 Mhz FSB versions are becoming harder 
> > > >to find.  I realize the pricepoint of the Athlon 64 is close to what 
> > > >the 32 bit processors are/was, but if you have any unpopulated Socket A 
> > > >Motherboards around or a Trusty Socket A machine that you have been 
> > > >waiting to update the processor on you may want to look around now 
> > > >unless you don't mind a used processor.
> > > >
> > > >Oh yeah, and the sky is falling.
> > > >
> > > >-Nate
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