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Date:      Tue, 24 May 2005 21:32:19 +0200
From:      Bruno Ducrot <ducrot@poupinou.org>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: device cpufreq
Message-ID:  <20050524193219.GG21800@poupinou.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050524173319.GA34689@dragon.NUXI.org>
References:  <20050520033116.62902.qmail@web30704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20050524155924.GE31564@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050524163229.GE21800@poupinou.org> <20050524173319.GA34689@dragon.NUXI.org>

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On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 10:33:19AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> Uh, no.
> 
> AMD wishes to sell a 32-bit "value" CPU.  They are called the Sempron
> brand.  It makes most sense from a manufacturing POV to make these from a
> K8 derived core than to continue to produce K7 derivatives.  A Sempron is
> not an Athlon64 that failed QA tests.

I don't say that.  I said only some (early) Sempron are such amd64 with 64
bit turned off.  Maybe I misread and badly interpreted this page:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14578
last year.
(When I reread it, indeed it do not mention failing things).

-- 
Bruno Ducrot

--  Which is worse:  ignorance or apathy?
--  Don't know.  Don't care.



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