From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751234AbWF2SO0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:14:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751238AbWF2SO0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:14:26 -0400 Received: from smtp.nildram.co.uk ([195.112.4.54]:52997 "EHLO smtp.nildram.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751234AbWF2SOZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:14:25 -0400 From: Alistair John Strachan To: Marc Perkel Subject: Re: AMD AM2 Sempron vs. Athlon - Confused Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:14:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <44A40E50.5040901@perkel.com> In-Reply-To: <44A40E50.5040901@perkel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200606291914.39951.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 29 June 2006 18:30, Marc Perkel wrote: > I'm confused and I thought if anyone would know it would be people here. > > So - in the AM2 world, what's the difference between Sempron and Athlon > processors? That I'm aware of, Semprons have smaller L2 caches. You want an Athlon. > I look at the specs and they look really similar. Pricing is > even weirder with lower spec Semprons costing more than higher spec > Athlons? I've not seen this, but my understanding is that AMD's PR numbering scheme can't be used to compare between processor lines. i.e., a Sempron 3000+ is not faster than an Athlon 2800+.. > And - can Linux kernels run on these new processors and motherboards or > is this just too new to mess with? Should just work. I've seen Linux booted on an AM2 board, but I don't currently own one. -- Cheers, Alistair. Final year Computer Science undergraduate. 1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.