AMD Releases Sempron Earlier Than Expected

I_am_Rambi writes "AMD has released the Sempron today, a release date that moved up from Aug 17th. Because of this move, some of the reviews that are out, will be continued later on. Some sites already have reviews including Toms Hardware, Anandtech, and Tech Report. The Sempron, AMDs budget processor, is staged against the Intel Celeron." Jason Jacobs writes with a review on Techware Labs, and Hack Jandy adds a link to a review at HotHardware, writing "it appears as though the Socket A based Sempron performs abysmally while dollar for dollar the Socket 754 version levels every Intel CPU."

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Sempron Fi

[grunt107]

'...AMD has elected to stick with its "fake subatomic particle" naming scheme rather than veer into Intel's "fake member of the periodic table of elements" naming scheme. Sempron is largely a branding exercise, so the name is important. The Sempron name is intended to evoke phrases like "semper fidelis" and other such tokens of solidity and steadfastness. Roughly translated from a mix of Latin and leet-speak, though, Sempron means "always pornographic," and I fear the little CPU will never fully escape that connotation of its recently fabricated moniker. '

"Always faithful to porn"!!! That's my kinda CPU (Completely Pornographic Unit)

Re:Sempron Fi

[ceeam]

When was the last time that a new processor name did not raise a wave of giggles on /. and other places? BUT! When the dust settles it seems like people at marketing dep's are not _that_ idiotic (and that's scary ;)
Anyone still finds names like Celeron or Athlon really silly?

Re:Sempron Fi

[swordboy]

Like "Celeron" which was derived from the Latin word, "celer" that means "fast" or "swift". This should be obvious from the association with "celery", the fastest of all vegetables.

Re:Sempron Fi

[dilger]

Yes! Or the Megasuperblisteringium, or the Optimizitrollion. Hell, if the names are gonna be silly, they might as well be REALLY silly. None of this wimpy silliness.

cbd.

Re:Sempron Fi

[JAgostoni]

Perhaps they should make it easier on the end-user:

Fasterthenthelastium

Re:Sempron Fi

[cheekyboy]

why can't slash do +6 ++ funnies.

ARM has it right, ARM7, 9, 14 34 87 123

I long live for the day when PPC/INTEL are pin compatible. ie instead of 3000 pins in 2009, why not less at say 100 pins with more serial XML IO.

I mean who needs more than 16 pins really now.

GND,RX,TX,SYNC,+2V is enough really for any speed.

Re:By "performs abysmally"

[cortana]

What are you, some kind of communist?

CONSUME!

Re:Sempron ???

[no reason to be here]

I'd call my new processor an Imtell Pantiom Quattro, and install it in my genuine Sorny laptop, and then stream MP3s from it to my Magnetbox stereo.

Imtell Pantium: now with 5% more pant.

Z-160

[wiredog]

Twice as good as a Z-80!

Re:Sempron ???

[maximilln]

Is it just me or are the processor names getting lamer and lamer

Since the government controls >50% of the GDP all systems are, naturally, going to mimic the trends being set by the government.

This is a natural counterpart of things like "War against Terror" and "Office of Homeland Security".

Everything in life is becoming lamer and lamer...

Not a Duron you Moron......

[djk001]

This sounds like just another pretty name at a cheap price, designed to gain market share by selling processors to the same bunch of people who buy cars based on the color.

ED: I found the car I'm going to buy.
JOHN: That's good. What is it?
ED: I don't know, but it's RED.

Re:By "performs abysmally"

[sharkey]

Keep reading. Tom's hardware probably states your point across pages 43-51 of their review, sandwiched between the ads and [NEXT PAGE]

I'm waiting for the Fullpr0n!

[scoser]

The hell with this Semipr0n crap, I'm waiting for the new processor instructions for streaming video and integrated XXX chat that come with the Fullpr0n chip!

Semprini?

[CommanderData]

(Gratuitous Monty Python rip...)

Naughty Chemist: Right, who's got a boil on his Semprini then?

Seriously, really awful chip naming. Who knows what nonsense they'll think of next.