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 performan
AMD Duron "Spitfire" 600MHz CPU
"Spitfire" Duron, 600 MHz
Die shot of a Spitfire Duron
Socket 462 is a zero insertion force pin grid array CPU socket used for AMD processors ranging from the Athlon Thunderbird to the Athlon XP/MP 3200+, and AMD budget processors including the Duron and
Underside of an 800 MHz Socket 462 Athlon CPU
The corners of the exposed CPU dies were susceptible to damage like shown here when coolers were installed incorrectly or systems were handled roughly.