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18524B/O-Mar1996
AMD~
AMD5J!36
Processor
Technical
Reference
Manual
1
Overview
The
AMDS
K
86™
processor
brings
superscalar
RISC
perfor-
mance
to
desktop
systems
running
industry-standard
x86 soft-
ware.
The
processor
implements
advanced
design
techniques
like
instruction
pre-decoding,
single-cycle
internal
RISC
opera-
tions,
parallel
execution
units,
out-of-order
issue
and
comple-
tion,
register
renaming,
data
forwarding,
and
dynamic
branch
prediction.
The
processor's
many
test
and
debug
features
sup-
port
fast,
reliable
designs
for
x86
desktop
systems.
AMD's
development
and
support
of
the
popular
Am386®
and
Am486®
processors
has
given
it
a
broad
foundation
of
experi-
ence
in
the
x86
architecture.
The
AMDS
K
86
processor's
binary
compatibility
with
DOS
and
Windows®-compatible
software
running
on
the
Pentium
processor
and
all
previous
x86
proces-
sors
has
been
established
in
extensive
testing,
using
industry-
standard
test
tools.
Compatibility
and
qualification
testing
has
also
been
provided
by
leading
desktop-system
manufacturers,
chip-set
manufacturers,
and
the
independent
XXCAL
testing
laboratory.
The
result
can
be
seen
in
the
AMDS
K
86
processor's
perfor-
mance.
This
performance
plus
its
compatibility
with
an
immense
library
of
existing
x86
software
make
the
AMDS
K
86
processor
a
leading-edge
solution
for
desktop
systems.

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