Okay so maybe you knew this but for those of you that haven't, the Sempron and Celeron budget chips from AMD and Intel respectively will be going 64-bit. So far you can get the Celeron D64 in Japan only, for just 10,000 yen , as for the Sempron, the 3300 will run Win64 as we speak, not to shabby. "AMD IS READYING its 64-bit Semprons for release soon enough, and Intel is stalking it with its own versions of 64-bit Celerons too. The table below shows the number of the beasts that will support EM64T, they've that funny icky lilac background. As yet, there's no word about 65 nanometre versions of the Celeron but just as eggs as eggs, we expect these to appear sooner or later during next year. Note that some Celerons, while having the same number, use different sockets. In this case, the 775 config supports the NX anti virus bit." "SOURCES CLAIMED AMD is close to releasing a whole set of cut down Sempron microprocessors which will include iAMD 64 bit support. That could be as early as the middle of July, according to people close to AMD's plans in Taiwan. The E6 stepping will use socket 754 and if you want to you'll be able to overclock them to your heart's desire. The same sources claim the 64-bit Sempr0ns will be released at 2600+, 2800+, 3000+, 3100+ and 3300+ numbers. Of these the last three will have AMD's Cool and Quiet technology. Nothing more than a simple BIOS update will be needed, it appears. AMD refuses to comment on unannounced products, and we know exactly how they feel. Intel continues with its plans to equip its Celerons with EM64T technology, so it looks like a fresh battle is on at the low end." Click to see that Celeron D64 stats table
