Editing amd/microarchitectures/k7

{{amd title|K7|arch}}
{{microarchitecture
| name             = K7
| designer         = AMD
| manufacturer     = AMD
| introduction     = June 23, 1999
| phase-out        = 
| process          = 250 nm
| process 2        = 180 nm
| cores            = 1

| pipeline         = Yes
| type             = Superscalar
| type 2           = 
| OoOE             = Yes
| speculative      = No
| renaming         = Yes
| isa              = IA-32
| stages min       = 10
| stages max       = 15
| issues           = 3

| inst             = Yes
| feature          = 
| extension        = MMX
| extension 2      = Extended MMX 
| extension 3      = 3DNow!
| extension 4      = Extended 3DNow!
| extension 5      = SSE

| cache            = Yes
| l1i              = 64 KiB
| l1i per          = 
| l1i desc         = 2-way set associative
| l1d              = 64 KiB
| l1d per          = 
| l1d desc         = 2-way set associative
| l2               = 64 KiB
| l2 per           = 
| l2 desc          = 16-way set associative
| l3               = 
| l3 per           = 
| l3 desc          = 

| core names       = Yes
| core name        = Spitfire
| core name 2      = Morgan
| core name 3      = Camaro
| core name 4      = Applebred

| succession       = Yes
| predecessor      = K6-III
| predecessor link = amd/microarchitectures/k6-iii
| successor        = K8
| successor link   = amd/microarchitectures/k8
}}
'''K7''' was the [[microarchitecture]] for [[AMD]]'s {{amd|K6-III}} line of microprocessors as a successor to the {{\\|K6-III}}. K7 was superseded by {{\\|K8}} in 2003. K7 was used for AMD's {{amd|Athlon}} and {{amd|Duron}} families of processors.

== Codenames ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Core !! Family !! Description
|-
| {{amd|Spitfire|l=core}} || {{amd|Duron}} || 1st generation Duron
|-
| {{amd|Morgan|l=core}} || {{amd|Duron}} || 2nd generation Duron, introduced SSE & Hardware data prefetcher
|-
| {{amd|Camaro|l=core}} || {{amd|Duron}} || Former corename for 2nd generation (Morgan) mobile processors
|-
| {{amd|Applebred|l=core}} || {{amd|Duron}} || 3rd generation Duron, produced on a newer [[130 nm process]] 
|}

== Process Technology ==
K7 was originally manufactured on AMD's [[180 nm process]]. By late 2002 AMD transition to a [[130 nm process]].

== Architecture ==
K7 was a relatively new design by [[AMD]] which marked a departure from the aging [[Socket 7]] and [[Super Socket 7]]. The new architecture introduced a number of major changes including a new propitiatory unified [[Socket A]].

=== Key changes from {{amd|K6|l=arch}} / {{amd|K6-III|l=arch}} ===
* System Bus
** K7 utilizes the [[Digital Alpha]] {{decc|EV6}} system bus interface
*** AMD licensed the technology from Digital allowing them to independently develop their own [[chipsets]] and [[motherboards]] without paying licensing frees to [[Intel]] for their [[Slot 1]] {{intel|GTL+}} bus. This does consequently meant incompatibility AMD's motherboards and Intel's motherboards.
*** The EV6 utilizes [[double data rate]] (DDR) doubling the effective data transfer rate of the bus speed.
*** 100 MHz bus = 200 [[MT/s]]

=== Memory Hierarchy ===
AMD used a split L1$ and a unified L2$. While originally K7 had an L2$ controller on-die with the actual cache off-chip, AMD moved the L2$ on-die the following year.
* Cache
** L1 Cache:
*** 64 [[KiB]] 2-way set associative instruction, 64 B line size
*** 64 KiB 2-way set associative instruction, 64 B line size
** L2 Cache:
*** 64 KiB 16-way set associative, 64 B line size
*** Unified
*** 7 cycles latency
*** 64-bit data bus
*** exclusive
*** '''Note''' original {{amd|Athlon}} models did not feature an on-die L2$, instead cache was implemented off-chip with a built-in controller supporting up to 8 [[MiB]] OF [[single data rate|SDR]]/[[double data rate|DDR]] [[SRAM]]s. Full tag was used for 512 or less [[KiB]] memory and partial tag for larger caches.

* TLB
** ITLB
*** 24-entry, dual-port
** DTLB
*** 32-entry, dual-port
** STLB
*** 256-entry

Both AMD's and Intel's original models did not feature on-die L2$. When compared to [[Intel]]'s original {{intel|Pentium III}} L1 which was 32 KiB (albeit at higher associativity), K7 had superior performance due to having 4 times as much cache. By the following year AMD moved the cach on-die. With the introduction of the {{intel|Coppermine}} models, Intel moved the L2$ on-die as well with half of K7's latency. This change allowed Pentium models to outperform Athlon for certain workloads.

== Die Shot ==
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== All K7 Chips ==
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<table class="wikitable sortable">
<tr><th colspan="8" style="background:#D6D6FF;">K7 Chips</th></tr>
<tr><th>Model</th><th>Family</th><th>Core</th><th>Launched</th><th>TDP</th><th>V<sub>CORE</sub></th><th>Freq</th><th>Max Mem</th></tr>
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== See also ==
* {{amd|Athlon}}
* {{amd|Duron}}
* {{intel|NetBurst}}
codename	K7 +
core count	1 +
designer	AMD +
first launched	June 23, 1999 +
full page name	amd/microarchitectures/k7 +
instance of	microarchitecture +
instruction set architecture	x86-32 +
manufacturer	AMD +
microarchitecture type	CPU +
name	K7 +
pipeline stages (max)	15 +
pipeline stages (min)	10 +
process	250 nm (0.25 μm, 2.5e-4 mm) +, 180 nm (0.18 μm, 1.8e-4 mm) + and 130 nm (0.13 μm, 1.3e-4 mm) +