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/ Adam Richardson

AMD-K7 Processor Announced

AMD today disclosed design and technology details of its forthcoming AMD-K7 microprocessor, the leading-edge, seventh-generation successor to the AMD-K6 processor family.

AMD-K7 Processor Announced hit the wire on October 13, 1998. AMD today disclosed design and technology details of its forthcoming AMD-K7 microprocessor, the leading-edge, seventh-generation successor to the AMD-K6 processor family. They are excited to give the industry a first look at their seventh-generation processor.

The all-new AMD-K7 design features a number of compelling technological breakthroughs, including the industry's first mainstream 200 MHz system bus and the most architecturally advanced floating point capability ever delivered in an x86 microprocessor.