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Athlon 64
 Original logo | |
| General information | |
|---|---|
| Launched | September 23, 2003 |
| Discontinued | 2009 |
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| Performance | |
| Max. CPU clock rate | 1.0 GHz to 3.2 GHz |
| HyperTransport speeds | 800 MT/s to 1000 MT/s |
| Architecture and classification | |
| Technology node | 130nm to 65nm |
| Microarchitecture | K8 Microarchitecture |
| Instruction set | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64, 3DNow! |
| Physical specifications | |
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| Socket(s) | |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Athlon |
| Successor | Athlon 64 X2 |
The Athlon 64 is a ninth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), released on September 23, 2003.[1] It is the third processor to bear the name Athlon, and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP.[2] The second processor (after the Opteron) to implement the AMD64 architecture and the first 64-bit processor targeted at the average consumer,[3] it was AMD's primary consumer CPU, and primarily competed with Intel's Pentium 4, especially the Prescott and Cedar Mill core revisions. It is AMD's first K8, eighth-generation processor core for desktop and mobile computers.[4] Despite being natively 64-bit, the AMD64 architecture is backward-compatible with 32-bit x86 instructions.[5] Athlon 64s have been produced for Socket 754, Socket 939, Socket 940, and Socket AM2. The line was succeeded by the dual-core Athlon 64 X2 and Athlon X2 lines.
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- ^ "CPUID.com - AMD K8 Architecture". 2004-02-18. Archived from the original on 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2006-07-04.
- ^ "Key Architecture Features". Archived from the original on 6 July 2006. Retrieved 2006-07-04.
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