On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 19:55:32 +0100, Aaron R Salp
<nomail@thankyou.com> wrote:

Yes, for the time being you have it right, Sempron is higher
priced. They are expected to o'c higher than the T'Bred B,
on average, since they're desending from Thorton, but
Thorton cores are also cheaper, and AFAIK, all Semprons are
locked, though I could be wrong about that?

I expect that eventually the Semprons will drop in price,
but for the time being anyone building on socket A ought to
snatch up a Barton while they still can.

kony wrote:
Agreed. While AMD is officially selling the Semprons to suppliers for
less than the XP line (check their pricing page at amd.com), the high
volume of low-priced Athlon XPs means that they (AXP) are the better buy
for right now. However, once vendors and retailers start paying the
high prices for the Athlon XP labeled chips across the board, consumers
will see a change. Then the Semprons will be the better choice as the
AXP label fades into oblivion and premium prices. Also, it is probably
in AMD's best interests to move the Athlon name solely to its mainstream
and high-performance product lines (doing so makes AMD less vulnerable
to Intel attacks comparing Athlons (XP) to new P4s (EE and the like)).