From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751068AbWF2Ra5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:30:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751083AbWF2Ra5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:30:57 -0400 Received: from 8.ctyme.com ([69.50.231.8]:5806 "EHLO darwin.ctyme.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751068AbWF2Ra5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:30:57 -0400 Message-ID: <44A40E50.5040901@perkel.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:30:56 -0700 From: Marc Perkel User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: AMD AM2 Sempron vs. Athlon - Confused Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamfilter-host: darwin.ctyme.com - http://www.junkemailfilter.com" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'm confused and I thought if anyone would know it would be people here. So - in the AM2 world, what's the difference between Sempron and Athlon processors? I look at the specs and they look really similar. Pricing is even weirder with lower spec Semprons costing more than higher spec Athlons? And - can Linux kernels run on these new processors and motherboards or is this just too new to mess with?