Presumably 32-Bit Power

What's the difference between "mainstream home and office computing" and "everyday computing"? AMD says we'll find out in the second half of 2004, as it releases a new brand of PC processors dubbed AMD Sempron, which will fill the latter market niche while the chipmaker's Athlon XP fills the former. Both desktop and mobile Sempron processors will be offered, replacing the old Duron (and competing with Intel's Celeron) as AMD's entry-level or value brand.

The company says its Athlon 64 chips, now making a transition from their old 754-pin to a new 939-pin socket or form factor, will continue to combine outstanding 32-bit performance with capability for tomorrow's 64-bit applications. The Athlon XP and XP-M -- widely expected to move from their venerable Socket A to the 754-pin layout, with a 32-bit-only, smaller-cache variant of the Athlon 64 design, later this year -- strike a more moderate price/performance balance.