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Here's a great review about AMDs K6 - 3 and K7 CPUs I found on Tom's Hardware. After reading this review I'm convinced I'm gonna pay much closer attention to non-intel CPU/MOBO como's. I may even go for a K7 when I next by a PC (probably Jan/Feb next year, cross fingers + kiss the wife :P)
Here are some highlights:
- "Then there is ?Sharptooth?, the CPU core that will be used in the upcoming ?K6-3?. This core will be AMD's first CPU core with on-die L2 cache . 256 kB L2 cache running on a backside bus at CPU clock speed will improve the performance of the K6-2 core tremendously, making it faster than a Pentium II at the same clock speed already."
- "As already pretty well known, K7 and thus Slot A is not using Intel's P6 GTL+ bus protocol, but Digital's Alpha bus protocol ?EV6?. EV6 has got a lot of architectural advantages over GTL+ already, like e.g. the ?point-to-point topology? for multi-processing, but in case of the K7 it's even running at 200 MHz."
- "K7 will have no less than 128 kB L1 cache, 64 kB data and 64 kB instruction cache."
- "K7 is already now running at 500 MHz. By the time of the launch of K7 in 1H99 we should expect clock speeds way beyond that"
- "Well, it's looking pretty obvious that K7 will smoke Intel's P6 FPU."
Further Reading:
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k7.doc | Download the Tom's Hardware review of the upcoming AMD-K7.
"AMD Moves onto the overtaking Lane. All the news about the K7 and why Intel should start sweating." |  | File Name: k7.zip
File Size: 8.6KB
Date: November 6, 1998 - 10:50:21 PM
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AMD-K7(TM) Technology Presentation | Download the pdf file of AMD's presentation: "Dirk Meyer, Presenting"... | | File Name: k7pres.zip
File Size: 215.81KB
Estimated Download Time:
28.8K Modem: 1 min(s) 26 sec(s)
Date: November 6, 1998 - 11:13:37 PM
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November 6, 1998
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November 14, 1998 - 11:18:16 PM
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