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Introduction
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Athlon
TM
Processors
The AMD Athlon
TM
is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated
L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a
large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies. These
processors implement advanced design techniques such as:
Š Socket A (PGA 462)
Š
266/333MHz system interface based on the Alpha™ EV6 bus protocol.
Š
Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units.
Š Three out-of-order, superscaler, pipelined Integer Units.
Š
Fixed-sized internal instruction formats (MacroOPs).
Š 72-entry Instruction Control Units.
Š
AMD enhanced 3DNow!™ technology
Š
L1 and L2 caches.
Š Dynamic branch prediction.
Socket A is the name for AMD’s new socketed interface designed to support AMD
Athlon
TM
processors. This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache
memory on chip with the processor. Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures,
and ultimately result in a wider variety of solutions in the market.
The Athlon TM processors in the Socket A format continue to deliver the ultimate
performance for cutting-edge applications. They bring to desktop systems running
industry-standard x86 software superscalar RISC performance. Being provided in
the Socket A format they are the world’s most powerful x86 processors. They easily
deliver the highest integer, floating-point, and 3D multimedia performance for
applications running on x86 platforms around.
It features full-speed, on-chip cache memory, a 266/333MHz front side system bus,
and enhanced 3DNow!™ technology. The AMD Athlon
TM
processor is targeted at
the performance segment, and as such will have more cache memory and higher
clock speeds.