== [[NexGen]] == [[Category:NexGen]]

* NexGen ** {{nexgen|Nx586}}

* October 21: [[AMD]] buys [[NexGen]] for $857 million in stock

* October 21: AMD announced they will be buying [[NexGen]] for about $857 million in stock

| 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

...and the success from the release of {{amd|K6}} (a rebranding of NexGen's {{nexgen|Nx686}}), AMD had the financial means of developing the [[microarchitecture

...was an attempt by AMD to stretch the life of the original {{amd|K6}} (a [[NexGen]] design) for a bit longer while they worked on {{amd|microarchitectures/k7

| designer 2 = NexGen ...cessor to the {{\\|K5}}. Contrary to its namesake, K6 design is entirely [[NexGen]]'s and not based on {{\\|K5}}. Launched in early [[1997]], the K6 microarc

! style="text-align:left;" | Socket 463<br>(Socket NexGen) | [[NexGen]] Nx586

** CEO, [[NexGen]]

...less]] semiconductor company founded by [[Atiq Raza]], the former CEO of [[NexGen]] and later, when it was acquired by [[AMD]] in [[1996]], the COO of [[AMD]