In terms of performance, it seems AMD's current Sempron processors are what Intel's Celerons were a few years ago, but they can be pretty useful in mobile devices, multimedia centers and other devices that don't need an impressive amount of processing power, especially if pricing is right. The only problem is that everyone, especially programmers, is aiming to have applications optimized to work with multiple cores, so AMD decided to launch dual core Semprons.


After a few delays, AMD quietly revealed the first dual core Sempron processor. For now, it's only available in China, but it won't take long until it becomes available all over the world. Now, we should see how well is this thing going to sell, because it won't break any performance barrier, that's for sure.

The first dual core Sempron has a clock speed of 1.8GHz, and was manufactured using the 65nm process technology. This processor has a retail price of about $55, cheaper than the AMD Sempron LE 1300, but for only $13 more, you could get an AMD Athlon X2 4000+, and the big question is - does the dual-core really have a place in the market?

Well, since Intel released dual-core Celerons last month, I guess there should be a market for such low-end dual core processors too, after all. We just need to wait and see what happens next...