From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:48:17 -0500 From: quanstro@quanstro.net To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] AMD Sempron In-Reply-To: <55553998-C36E-4415-83DA-16837ED6EDE6@orthanc.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 72979ae0-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 it's not that bad. they're all K8s with different steppings. what you d= on't=20 know is the cache size or if it's got 64-bit capabilities, which kenc doe= s not yet support. i don't think what you don't know will be a problem in this case. it's interesting with all the marketing going on right now you need to be quite savvy to figure out what you're really getting. a bit like the day= s of hand-built computers. - erik On Sat Jul 1 19:35:43 CDT 2006, lyndon@orthanc.ca wrote: > > the E3/E6 is a 64-bit Palermo core with mmx/sse2/3dnow! with a =20 > > 16bit 800Mhz HT link. > > the D0 is the same but might (!) not support 64bit and the cache =20 > > sizes are half as bug. > > (64/128 vs. 128/256). >=20 > Bloody hell. Let's just simplify the whole mess and give them all a =20 > brand name of CPU=E2=84=A2. >=20 > I've have a new plan: I'll buy the Sempr0n box to use as a =20 > replacement for my BSD server, and run Plan 9 on the old box (a Via =20 > C3 Nehemiah). This works better anyway, as the Via "server" will =20 > actually fit on the boat ;-) >=20 > --lyndon