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Reference Description Name
Socket 7 AMD K6 processor features:
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Advanced 6 issue RISC86 superscalar
microarchitecture
- ten parallel specialized execution units
- multiple x86 to RISC86 instruction decoders
- advanced two-level branch prediction
- speculative execution
- out of order execution
- register renaming and data forwarding
- issues up to six RISC86 instructions per clock
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Large on-chip split 64K Level-one (L1) cache
- 32K instruction cache with additional 20K of
predecode cache
- 32K writeback dual-ported data cache
- MESI protocol support
•
High-performance IEEE 754-compatible and 854-
compatible floating-point unit
•
High-performance industry-standard MMX
instructions
•
AMD-3D technology
CPU
Table 2-1. Major Components Description
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