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AMD Athlon
AMD Athlon Logo.svg
AMD Athlon logo
Developer AMD
Manufacturer AMD
Type Microprocessors
Introduction June 23, 1999 (announced)
August, 1999 (launch)
Production 1999-2004
ISA x86
Word size 32 bit
4 octets
8 nibbles
Process 250 nm
0.25 μm
2.5e-4 mm
, 180 nm
0.18 μm
1.8e-4 mm
Technology CMOS
Clock 500 MHz-1400 MHz
Socket Slot A, Socket A

Athlon is was family of high-performance 64-bit microprocessors developed by AMD based on AMD's K7 microarchitecture. Athlon was introduce on June 23, 1999.

Packaging

Original Athlon Processor, Argon core, in a cartridge with a heat sink.

Early Athlon microprocessors were packaged with a separate L2$ into a single cartridge. The cartridge connected into AMD's Slot A (similar to Intel's Slot 1). Those processors included Argon, Pluto, and Orion-core based processors. Later microprocessors (starting with Thunderbird core-based) introduced on-die L2$ simplifying the packing complexity, allowing it to use a standard PGA (Socket A).

Members

Athlon had 4 iterations of cores: Argon, Pluto, Orion, Thunderbird.

Argon core

Pluto core

Orion core

Thunderbird core

Architecture

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Facts about "Athlon - AMD"
designerAMD +
first announcedJune 23, 1999 +
first launchedAugust 1999 +
full page nameamd/athlon +
instance ofmicroprocessor family +
instruction set architecturex86 +
main designerAMD +
manufacturerAMD +
nameAMD Athlon +
process250 nm (0.25 μm, 2.5e-4 mm) + and 180 nm (0.18 μm, 1.8e-4 mm) +
socketSlot A + and Socket A +
technologyCMOS +
word size32 bit (4 octets, 8 nibbles) +