AMD Processors

Am9080 (1975)

AMD entered the microprocessor market with the ___. It is a reverse-engineered clone of Intel 8080

Am8086 (1982)

A licensed clone of Intel 8086

Am286 (1984)

A clone of intel 80286 manufactured under license but with an AMD logo on it. It has higher clock speeds

Am386 (1991)

It is an unlicensed clone of the Intel 80386. It took 18 months to reverse-engineer the Intel 80386. It has better performance, ran cooler, and used less power than its counterpart

Am486 (1993)

It is an unlicensed clone of the Intel 80486, but offered better performance for cheaper prices

Am5×86 (1995)

It was not based on Intel’s 5th-gen x86 architecture but was an enhanced version of Am486. AMD named this 4th gen chip with a 5th gen naming scheme

K5 (1996)

AMD’s first x86 processor to be developed entirely in-house. It competed against Intel’s Pentium microprocessor range.

Kryptonite

K in “K5” stands for ____

K6 (1997)

It competed against Intel’s Pentium II. It provided better performance at a significantly lower price. It helped drive PC prices below the $1,000 mark for the first time

K6-2 (1998)

An enhanced version of K6 with a faster bus, higher clock speeds and 3DNow technology

K6-III (1999)

An enhanced version of K6-2 with a 256 kB L2 cache integrated on the same die. It was quickly replaced by Athlon

Athlon (1999)

The first desktop processor to break the 1GHz CPU clock speed barrier. It was also the first processor to utilize copper fabrication which made it the fastest x86 processor in the world.

Duron (2000)

it was introduced to aggressively compete against Intel’s Celeron in the ultra-cheap PC segment

Opteron (2003)

The world’s first x86 based 64-bit processor. It is designed for workstations and servers and are a direct competition to Intel’s Xeon

Athlon 64 (2003)

The first x86 based 64-bit desktop processor. It competed against Intel’s Pentium 4.

Sempron (2004)

It replaced the Duron as AMD’s new budget desktop processor. It competed against Intel’s Celeron series and did fairly well

Turion (2005)

It was designed for low-power consumption mobile processor segment. It competed against Intel’s mobile processors, initially the Pentium M, and later the Intel Core and Intel Core 2.

Athlon 64 X2 (2005)

AMD’s first dualcore desktop processor series

Phenom (2007)

It is targeted at budget desktop processor market and competed against Intel’s Core 2.

Phenom X3, Phenom X4

Phenom’s 2 versions:
triple-core is called ____, and quad-core is called _____

Phenom II (2009)

It resolved many issues the original Phenom had. AMD broke the world record for the fastest quad-core processor on the X4 version of this

FX Series (2011)

It is targeted at the desktop processor market and competed against Intel’s Core series

Fusion A & G-Series (2011)
A series, G series

It combined a CPU with a GPU on a single die. ____ series is targeted at the desktop market, and _____ series at the embedded market.

Ryzen 3 (2017)

AMD’s new entry level processor line for both desktops and laptops. It is positioned against Intel’s Core i3

Ryzen 5 (2017)

It is targeted at the mainstream desktop and laptop users. It is positioned against Intel’s Core i5

Ryzen 7 (2017)

It is targeted at the high-end performance desktop and laptop users. It is positioned against Intel’s Core i7

EPYC (2017)

It is targeted towards the server and embedded system markets. It replaced Opteron.

Ryzen Threadripper (2017)

It is geared towards prosumers who rely on heavily threaded applications and multitasking.

Ryzen 9 (2019)

It is marketed towards high-end enthusiasts desktop market providing the highest level of performance. It is positioned against Intel’s Core i9