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From: "Volker Armin Hemmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "William Tetrault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options
On Sunday 25 September 2005 02:05, William Tetrault wrote:
On Saturday 24 September 2005 05:20 pm, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> hi,
>
> the sempron is a 32bit (!!) CPU!
>
> Some semprons have deactivated 64 bit (they are defective in the 64bit
> part or superflous ones, that were 'downgraded') but you can not be
> sure,
> that your sempron is one of them with 64bit.
>
> So use the athlon-xp flags with them.
Hello yourself!
Revision D Sempron cpus in several speed grades, and apparently all
revision E Semprons have had their 64-bit capabilities switched on.
Check
theinquirer.net and amdzone.com for the speed grade details. I don't and
won't have first-hand experience with this, but this info can be checked
out easily. Keep that open mind handy, folks!
Bill Tetrault
Madison, WI
I checked amd.com and in their docs are no signs, that the sempron has any
64
capabilities.
But some of them are pretty old.
So you may be right or not, maybe I am right or wrong - someone should
ask
the AMD support directly. ;)
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www.newegg.com and host of others are selling "Sempron 64" processors from
2500+ to 3400+. $59 to $135. Code name Palermo. chip easily recognizable by
754 pins vice 462. single channel memory controller. 256k cache.
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