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End Of the Road for Duron

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there's-still-time-for-one-more dept.

yorgasor writes: "AMD announced that their Duron processor will no longer be produced near the end of this year. They plan on focusing all of their CPU production energy on Athlons and Hammers. The Register has more about it."

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  1. Duron by 56ker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems Duron's not as durable as it's name would suggest.

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    1. Re:Duron by slickwillie · · Score: 4, Funny

      An insider told me that they were planning a Duron++, but when all of the employees started calling it the Moron, they dropped it.

    2. Re:Duron by 4of12 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Seems Duron's not as durable as it's name would suggest.

      Duroff, then, eh?

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    3. Re:Duron by greenfly · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heh, I would have expected something like "Duron-Duron" (which is what I call all the SMP Duron systems out there).

    4. Re:Duron by DanThe1Man · · Score: 4, Funny
      I can't believe no one pointed to bbspots story on the Moron processor.


      "A Moron and Windows 2000 are a perfect solution for any company planning to enter the e-commerce marketplace."

  2. Re:Well that's unexpected by Captain+Pooh · · Score: 3, Funny

    How are they gonna own the low-end market now?

    Because of the requirements of Windows XP there is no low-end market

  3. The big question is..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do we hate AMD today?

  4. Damn. I did it again... by Masa · · Score: 5, Funny

    First I decided to get a VLB mother board. Just after the purchase PCI won the market. Then I chose to buy an Aureal sound card. And just after that, the Aureal died. Then I got a Voodoo3 video card and that also died a horrible death. And now... just after purchasing an AMD Duron and a new motherboard, they claim that there will be Duron no more. Damned... Either I'm a bad decision maker or then I'm an angel of death. Too bad there is no place to bet for the loser because I'm going to buy a new monitor...

    1. Re:Damn. I did it again... by tkrabec · · Score: 5, Funny

      buy some m$ software Pease

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  5. Pentium is a registered trademark by yerricde · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why all these stupid names for 80x86-compatible processors.

    Because a chip vendor can trademark a name but can't trademark a number. Thus the move from "386", "486", etc. to the "Pentium®" line.

    Did you know? Intel applied for trademark registration for "Sexium", but the CDA forced the company to sell 686 processors as "Pentium II" instead.

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  6. Re:What the hell? CPU naming. by tps12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hm, 64 bits is really interesting. I am by no means an electrician, so perhaps someone could tell me if this is plausible, but... would it be possible to use a 64 bit CPU as a dual 32 bit CPU? Like instead of running a 64 bit OS, you run a SMP 32 bit OS or even two 32 bit OS's in parallel. I see no reason why it wouldn't work. Just have one OS use only the first half of each address or register, and the other OS use the other half. With a little clever masking, it should work!

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  7. Short by Rupert · · Score: 3, Funny

    Next time you buy something, short the stock of the company that makes it.

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    I am not a financial advisor and this is not financial advice. Although anyone who gets their financial advice from Slashdot probably gets what they deserve, you should bear in mind that the value of stocks can go up as well as down, and if you short a stock your maximum potential gain is 100% while your potential loss is unlimited
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  8. Buy a copy of Windows XP. by gblues · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you are the angel of death, you may as well put it to some good use! :)

    Nathan

  9. In Today's News.. by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... AMD has announced that it will focus it's production on high-end processors. In other news, scientists predict a record year for global warming...

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