AMD started competing with Intel's lower-end CPUs back when the Intel Celeron made its market debut with their Duron line of processors. The Duron was AMD's alternate choice to Intel's Celeron line and offered performance along the same lines and budget. Years later AMD is still competing with Intel in this market only the name has now changed to the Sempron line and the CPUs make the move to the Socket 754 platform that is now AMD's lower-end alternative.



Link: Motherboards