AMD K6
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History
1997 saw the arrival of AMD's K6 microprocessor. The significance of this particular microprocessor is that it was designed to fit into existing Pentium desktop designs. What is more it was marketed as being a product which could perform as well as its Intel Pentium equivalent but at a significantly lower price. Needless to say the K6 had a considerable impact on the PC market and seemed to present Intel with some serious competition.
Background
The AMD K6 is a Pentium-class microprocessor, manufactured by AMD, which superseded the K5. The AMD K6 is based on the Nx686 microprocessor that NexGen was designing when it was acquired by AMD.
The K6 is available in two different cores with 166, 200, 233, 266 and 300 Mhz. Later versions were the K6-2 (up to 550 MHz) and the K6-III.
Models
K6 (Model 6)
- 8.8 million Transistors in 350 nm
- L1-Cache: 32 + 32 KB (Data + Instructions)
- MMX
- Socket 7
- Front side bus: 66 MHz
- First release: April 2, 1997
- VCore: 2.9V (166/200) 3.2/3.3V (233)
- Clockrate: 166, 200, 233 MHz
K6 "Little Foot" (Model 7)
- 8.8 million Transistors in 250 nm
- L1-Cache: 32 + 32 KB (Data + Instructions)
- MMX
- Socket 7
- Front side bus: 66 MHz
- First release: January 6, 1998
- VCore: 2.2V
- Clockrate: 200, 233, 266, 300 MHz
External Links
- AMD: Mobile AMD-K6® Processor (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_1260_1262,00.html)
- Intel's Enemy No. 1: The AMD K6 CPU (http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/19970406/)
- AMD K6, first of an impressive dynasty (http://www.zen26266.zen.co.uk/AMD-K6.htm)
- Technical overview of the AMD-K6® series (http://www.pcguide.com/ref/cpu/fam/g6.htm)
- Pictures of AMD-K6® chips at CPUShack.com (http://www.cpushack.net/gallery/index.php?folder=/chippics/AMD/K6/)
- This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is licensed under the GFDL.