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The AMD "Duron" processor

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An introduction
Compared to Celeron

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The Duron

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In the summer 2000 AMD introduced a new and very powerful low-end chip, formerly known as codename "Spitfire".

The Duron is a Athlon in new design:

64 KB L2 cache on-die

128 KB L1 cache on-die

Exclusive L2 cache design

Socket A for in-expensive motherboard design

Clock frequencies from 600 to 950 MHz

The Duron is the first CPU to have an internal L2 cache smaller than the L1 cache.

The exclusive cache design means that you never find the same data in L1 as in L2 cache. This increases the efficiency of the cache.

A Celeron killer

The Duron processor is designed for the lower end of the market. Here we find the Intel Celeron processor an AMD's own K6-2, which is on its way out of production.

Compared to the Celeron, Duron has a more powerful layout:

Bigger cache

Choice of PC100 or PC133 RAM

A better processor architecture

The Morgan Kernel

Late in 2001 new 1200 MHz versions of the Duron processor was introduced. This processor holds a new kernel of same generation as the Palomino kernel in AthlonXP.

Here you find SSE support and other news similar to those in the AthlonXP.

The first tests of the new 1200 MHz Duron showed a very convincing performance almost compareable to a Pentium 4 working at 1500 MHz!

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