...500 nm process began in 1992. 500 nm and was phased out and later replaced by [[350 nm]] in 1995. * NexGen

| developer = NexGen ...o their {{amd|K5}} line. Contrary to its namesake, K6 design is entirely [[NexGen]]'s and not based on {{amd|K5}} (See [[#Overview|§ Overview]]). K6 lower c

'''K6-2''' was a family of {{arch|32}} [[x86]] microprocessors introduced by [[AMD]] in mid [[1998]] as a successor to the {{amd|K6}} family. These proc ...much safer and more straightforward approach approach and improved on K6 by adding a number new features as well as improving its overall performance,

...amd|K6}} (a [[NexGen]] design) for a bit longer while they worked on {{amd|microarchitectures/k7|K7}} ({{amd|Athlon}}). ...a temporary solution, introducing a number of small modification to {{amd|microarchitectures/k6|the microarchitecture}} which resulted in a performance increase. The si

| designer 2 = NexGen | predecessor link = amd/microarchitectures/k5