Sempron

Sempron
General information
LaunchedJuly 2004 to April 2014
Common manufacturer
  • AMD
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate1.0 GHz to 2.9 GHz
FSB speeds166 MHz to 2700 MHz
Architecture and classification
Technology node130 nm to 28 nm
Instruction setx86, AMD64
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 1, 2, 4
Sockets
Products, models, variants
Core names
  • Thoroughbred-B/Thorton
  • Barton
  • Paris
  • Palermo
  • Manila
  • Sparta
  • Brisbane
  • Sargas
  • Regor
History
PredecessorDuron
SuccessorAMD APU (Indirect Successor)

Sempron has been the marketing name used by AMD for several different budget desktop CPUs, using several different technologies and CPU socket formats. The Sempron replaced the AMD Duron processor and competed against Intel's Celeron series of processors. AMD coined the name from the Latin semper, which means "always", to suggest the Sempron is suitable for "daily use, practical, and part of everyday life".[2] The last Semprons were launched in April 2014. The brand was retired with the launch of the AMD A-Series APUs.

  1. ^ "AMD Sempron APUs". AMD. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  2. ^ "AMD Sempron FAQs". Archived from the original on August 24, 2006.