AMD Duron vs. Intel Celeron

DeadBugs writes: "With all the hype surrounding the new Athlon XP and P4 2.2 GHz, the more affordable processors have been ignored. Tech-Report has a great article comparing the new AMD Duron and Intel Celeron. Both are now running at 1.2 GHz and have upgraded cache. The new Duron contains XP technology, while the Celeron is a PIII Tulatin with a 100MHz bus and built on the .13 micron process."

Comments

Possible Legal Issues

[Renraku]

Whatever ingnoring is, it sounds illegal. Especially if you do it to a product that you don't own.

leading zeros

[klund]

Celeron is a PIII Tulatin with a 100MHz bus and built on the .13 micron process

By the way, that's "0.13 microns."

As my Nobel-Laureate physics lab professor used to say, "ALWAYS use leading zeros with decimal points; that way your readers can tell the difference between a fraction and fly shit."

Go ahead and mod me down, but I'm not a grammar nazi, I'm a math nazi!

Re:leading zeros

[Wavicle]

I assume that was important when the only way to get stuff was on printed paper and there could be ambiguity between a decimal point and an artifact (or an excrement). If you have a problem with fly shit on your monitor, you should clean it. I regularly clean my monitor with a soft lint-free cloth and a 10M solution of HCl.

Re:leading zeros

[Alsee]

&GT the .13 micron process
By the way, that's "0.13 microns."
Go ahead and mod me down, but I'm not a grammar nazi, I'm a math nazi!

No, it's 0.13 micron.

Go ahead and mod me down, but I'm not a grammar nazi or a math nazi, I'm a "that just sounds stupid" nazi!

Go ahead, just *try* saying it out loud: "0.13 microns process". That 's' rolls off the tongue like an anvil.

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Re:leading zeros

[Wavicle]

Dear lord, you must have some serious pitting in the plastic parts of your monitor!

Yeah, but there's no fly shit on it. :)

Re:Celerons are a better choice over PIII

[bunhed]

Also, is it just me or does the name "Duron" not sound very catchy?

The Duron is actually the middle processor of the "Moron" line of precessors, designed specifically for XP. If you look in the start menu on XP and you're running a Duron you'll see the My Moron icon. The "Freon" is the fasted at 3.2 GHz but requires a gallon of coolant every 100 web pages. The "Peon" is the entry level processor. You can read the whole article here

Contains XP Technology!

[Proud Geek]

That really impresses me. I mean, they could shrink the die size, or use SOI, or even borrow a cue from the Alpha and use SMT. But no, they went way beyond all the rumours and used XP Technology. I wonder if they had to license it from Microsoft?

After much debate, Apple has released

[bryan1945]

a new processor licensed from Motorolla. In the vein of the Duron and Celeron, Apple has dubbed its chip the Dodecadon. It will feature a spherical chip package with one wing.

After a lukewarm reception, Apple changed the name to the "Celery", and sales went up 1400%.

(If you don't get the above [bad] joke, please "move along, nothing to see here!")

Re:relative cost

[CtrlPhreak]

Parent Post: AMD XP 1500 $107

Above reply: AMD XP 1.5GHz $133

I'm very glad to see that AMD's marketing strategy is working just as planned.

Celeron, Duron, Moron,,,

[tmjva]

When is some Far Eastern manufacturer with
poor English (and marketing) skills going
to come out with a chip called the 'Moron'?