Duron is a line of budget x86-compatible microprocessors manufactured by AMD and released on June 19, 2000. Duron was intended to be a lower-cost offering to complement AMD's then mainstream performance Athlon processor line, and it also competed with rival chipmaker Intel's Pentium III and Celeron processor offerings. The Duron brand name was retired in 2004, succeeded by the AMD's Sempron line of processors as their budget offering.
AMD Duron "Spitfire" 600MHz CPU
"Spitfire" Duron, 600 MHz
Die shot of a Spitfire Duron
"Morgan" Duron, 1.3 GHz
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational corporation and semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.
Headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in 2020
AMD's former headquarters in Sunnyvale, California (demolished in 2019)
AMD's campus in Markham, Ontario, Canada, formerly ATI headquarters
AMD's LEED-certified Lone Star campus in Austin, Texas