From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:17:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200509251317.35698.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001201c5c181$42b7f060$0200a8c0@donahues.us>
On Sunday 25 September 2005 05:28, Drake Donahue wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Volker Armin Hemmann" <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
> To: <gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org>
> Cc: "William Tetrault" <xcourse97@charter.net>
> 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. ;)
> > --
> > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org 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 ;) )
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-25 11:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-23 22:12 [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options Alvin Thompson
2005-09-24 1:23 ` William Tetrault
2005-09-26 13:21 ` Alvin Thompson
2005-09-26 14:21 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
2005-09-26 18:13 ` Alvin Thompson
2005-09-26 21:30 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
2005-09-27 15:25 ` Ian Hastie
2005-09-24 12:13 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2005-09-26 13:24 ` Alvin Thompson
2005-09-26 13:39 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2005-09-24 22:20 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Volker Armin Hemmann
2005-09-25 0:05 ` William Tetrault
2005-09-25 1:11 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2005-09-25 3:28 ` Drake Donahue
2005-09-25 11:17 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2005-09-26 13:28 ` Alvin Thompson
2005-09-27 0:40 ` Alvin Thompson
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