AMD K6

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The AMD K6 is a Pentium-class microprocessor, manufactured by AMD, which superseded the K5.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
• Intel's Enemy No. 1: The AMD K6 CPU
• AMD K6, first of an impressive dynasty
• Technical overview of the AMD-K6® series
• Pictures of AMD-K6® chips at CPUShack.com

See also: AMD K6, 1997, 1998, AMD, AMD 29000, AMD 5x86, AMD K5, AMD K6-2