On Sunday 25 September 2005 05:28, Drake Donahue wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > 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. ;) > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > > 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.
emmm.... the socket does not say anything about the bits. Ok, there are 64bit semprons, and they have 754 pins - but there are also semprons with only 32 bit and 754 pins. (and of course the socket a semprons, which are just repacked athlon-xps ;) ) -- [email protected] mailing list
