AMD Athlon User Manual

Introduction
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IEEE 1394 provides transfer rates up to 400Mbits/sec. IEEE 1394 provides enhanced
PC connectivity for consumer electronics audio/video (A/V) appliances, storage
peripherals, portable devices such as digital cameras, and inter-PC communications.
IEEE 1394 supports hot swapping, multiple speeds on the same bus, and isochro-
nous data transfer providing much needed bandwidth for multimedia operations.
Serial ATA (Optional)
The evolutionary serial ATA interface replaces the standard parallel ATA physical
storage interface. The serial ATA specification provides scalability and allows
future enhancements to the computing platform. Serial technology overcomes
performance limits of parallel interface architecture, meeting the escalating need for
faster data throughput in servers and storage devices.
Serial ATA is backward compatible with current software and runs on existing
architecture without modification. The serial ATA interface cable requires lower
voltages and uses smaller cable connectors, providing ease of installation. You can
easily upgrade storage devices that are compatible with the serial ATA interface
specification. Serial ATA supports all ATA and ATAPI devices, including high
capacity removable devices, optical devices, tape storage devices, and zip drives.
Serial ATA is completely software compatible with parallel ATA, requiring no
modification to your operating system.

AMD Athlon Specifications

General

Microarchitecture	K7
Architecture	x86
Manufacturer	AMD
Core Count	1
Thread Count	1
Socket	Socket A
Manufacturing Process	180 nm
L1 Cache	128 KB (64 KB Instruction + 64 KB Data)
L2 Cache	64 KB to 512 KB
Clock Rate	500 MHz
FSB	100 MHz