CPU Roadmap

CPUReleaseSpeedSpecs
AMDK6-III 22 Feb 1999 400
450
K6-2 + Integrated 256KBytes L2 Cache
Remaps 2.0x multiplier to 6.0x
Die Size: 119 mm^2
Athlon (K7) 23 Jun 1999 500
550
600
L1 Cache: 128KB (64+64)
512KB to 8MB In cartridge L2 Cache
Fab. Process: 0.25 micron
Die Size: 184 mm^2
Transistor: 22 milioni
Scalable Multiprocessing Architecture
Multimedia extension: MMX, Enhanced 3DNow!
CPU interface: Slot A
Alpha EV6 200 MHz system bus (scalable beyond 400 MHz)
Athlon 9 Aug 1999 650
Athlon 4 Oct 1999 700
Athlon 29 Nov 1999 750 L1 Cache: 128KB (64+64)
Die Size: 102 mm^2
Fab. Process: 0.18 micron
$783US
K6-III 13 Dec 1999 500
K6-2 Q4 1999 533
K6-2+ 1Q 2000 ? 0.18-micron version of the K6-2 with 128K on-die L2 cache

Supports "Gemini" technology : enhanced mobile features, lower power consumption reducing operating voltage and processor clock speed (200 MHz as the speed for the mode optimized for the longest battery life).
Additional pins will be required to control the programmable voltage regulator
K6-III+ ? ? 0.18-micron, 256K on-die L2 cache
Supports "Gemini" technology
Athlon 06 Jan 2000 800 Fab. Process: 0.18 micron
Athlon 11 Feb 2000 850
Athlon 6 Mar 2000 900
950
1000
Athlon (Thunderbird) 5 Jun 2000 750
800
850
900
950
1000
Slot A and Socket A
256 KB on-die L2 cache
Fab. Process: 0.18 micron aluminum (Fab 25), copper (Fab 30)
$319, $359, $507, $589, $759, $990
Duron 19 Jun 2000 600
650
700
Socket A
64K on-die L2 cache
$112, $154, $192
aka: Athlon Spitfire
Duron 5 Sep 2000 750 Socket A
64K on-die L2 cache
$181
Athlon (Thunderbird) Q4 2000 1100
1133
1200
1333
Athlon (Mustang) Q4 2000 1400 Slot A and Socket A.
512KB - 2MB on-die L2 cache
Enhanced core, and mobile features.
266 MHz Bus
copper interconnects
16-way associative L2 cache
Palomino End 2000 ? Socket A
256K on-die L2 cache
Available in both a desktop and mobile version
AKA: Corvette
Morgan End 2000 900 Value PC
64-Kbyte on-chip cache
Available in both a desktop and mobile version
AKA: Camaro
Sledgehammer End 2001 ? x86-64 instruction set
Server market
Fab. Process: 0.18 - 0.13 micron
First AMD processor to use Lightning Fast Transfer I/O bus
AKA: K8
Clawhammer 2002 ? x86-64 instruction set
Desktop market
Fab. Process: 0.18 - 0.13 micron
AKA: K8
CyrixMxi Apr 1999 333 -
400
Super 7, 11-stage deep-pipeline, 3DNow!, (Cayenne core)
MediaPC Jun 1999 233-300 Super 7, integrates graphics an peripheral logic (Cayenne core)
MII ? PR400
PR433
PR466
Fab. Process: 0.18 micron
MII Nov 1999 PR366
PR400
PR433
Fab. Process: 0.25 micron
Joshua Mar 2000 ? Multimedia extension: MMX (2 units), 3DNow!
on chip 256 KB level 2 cache
CPU interface: Socket 370 133MHz
Aimed at the low end of the market
Jalapeno core?
(ex Jedi, Gobi, MII+)
M3 (Mojave) Mid 2000 ?? 600-800 Jalapeno core: on chip 256 KB level 2 cache, 16+16 KB level 1 cache, 0.18-micron, 2 integer units, 2 FP/MMX/3DNow! units.
DRAM and 3-D graphics controller
(Consigned to oblivion by VIA)
ElbrusE2k 2000 1200 VLIW Instruction Set Architecture
16KB 2 Clock Level 1 Cache
256KB 8 Clock Level 2 Cache (On chip)
Low ~35W Power Consumption
126 mm2 Die Size (0.18 micron)
Power Consumption: 35W
SPECint95: 135
SPECfp95: 350
IDTWinchip 2 Nov 1998 200
225
240
266
300
L1 Cache: 32+32 KB
Fab. Process: 0.25 micron
Multimedia extensions: MMX, 3DNow!
CPU Interface: Super 7
'Slightly faster in integer [than Winchip], but twice as fast in fpu.' (JC)
Winchip 3 1H 1999 266 Integrated 128K L2 Cache
Winchip 4 2H 1999 400-500 0.25 micron 2.5V, Super7
Winchip 5 Q2 2000 400-700 0.18 micron
PGA370 133 MHz
256K L1 Cache
Winchip 4 1H 2000 500-700 0.18 micron 1.8V, 'Different slot'
Integrated 128K L2 Cache
(VIA Samuel)
IntelCeleron Jan 99 366
400
16KB+16KB L1 Cache
128KB integrated L2 Cache
Fab. Process: 0.25 micron
Multimedia extension: MMX
CPU interface: Socket 370
Pentium III 26 Feb 1999 450
500
16KB+16KB L1 Cache
512K Level Two Cache
Fab. Process: 0.25 micron
Multimedia extension: Streaming SIMD Extension
CPU interface: Slot1 100MHz
Embedded individual serial number and thermal noise random number generator
Pentium III Xeon 17 Mar 1999 500 Fab. Process: 0.25 micron
Multimedia extension: Streaming SIMD Extension
CPU interface: Slot2
AKA: Tanner
[server market]
Celeron 26 Apr 1999 466 $170 in 1,000 unit quantities
Pentium III 16 May 1999 550
Celeron 28 Jul 1999 500
Pentium III 28 Jul 1999 600
Pentium III B 27 Sep 1999 533
600
Fab. Process: 0.25 micron
Multimedia extension: Streaming SIMD Extension
CPU interface: Slot1 133MHz
Pentium III E (Coppermine) 25 Oct 1999 600
650
700
Fab. Process: 0.18 micron
256KB integrated full speed L2 Cache
Multimedia extension: Streaming SIMD Extension
CPU interface: Slot 1 100 MHz
36-bit memory addressing
700 : $785/$770 10/100 pieces
650 : $610/$595 10/100 piece

[mainstream market]
Pentium III E 25 Oct 1999 500
550
Coppermine Core
CPU interface: Socket 370 (FC-PGA370) 100 MHz
550 : $385 10 pieces
500 : $255 10 pieces
Pentium III Xeon 25 Oct 1999 667
733
16KB+16KB L1 Cache
256K (1MB??) integrated L2 Cache
Fab. Process: 0.18 micron
Multimedia extension: MMX, SSE
CPU interface: Slot2 133MHz
733 : $865 10 pieces
667 : $688 10 pieces
Coppermine Core
AKA: Cascades
[server market]
Pentium III EB (Coppermine) 25 Oct 1999 533
667
733
Fab. Process: 0.18 micron
256KB integrated full speed L2 Cache
Multimedia extension: Streaming SIMD Extension
CPU interface: Slot 1 133MHz
36-bit memory addressing
733 : $810/$790 10/100 pieces
667 : $630/$620 10/100 pieces
[mainstream market]
Pentium III 20 Dec 1999 750
800
$803, $851
Celeron Q1 2000 533
566
$170
Pentium III 20 Mar 2000? 850
866
$775
Celeron 29 Mar 2000 600 $170
Pentium III 8 Mar 2000 1000
Pentium III 24 May 2000 933
Celeron 19 Jun 2000 633
667
Pentium III 31 Jul 2000 1100
Celeron Q3 2000 700
Itanium Oct 2000 600-800 IA-64, 0.18 micron, three-level on chip cache, Slot M, 8 single-precision floating point operations or 4 'extended-precision' floating point operations in a single cycle.
up to 4MB of secondary cache memory.
6 Gflops of single-precision floating-point and 3 Gflops double precision.
[Aka: Merced]
McKinley 2001 (2003?) 900 IA-64, 0.13 micron
P858 aluminium technology.
Pentium 4 Tualatin 2001 ? 0.13 micron
aimed at the $1,000-$1,500 mid-range PC market
512KB of integrated cache
200-MHz system bus
Pentium 4 Q4 2000 1000
1400
IA-32, 0.18 micron, >1MB integrate level 2 cache, desktop PC
Winstone98: 50, SpecInt95:43 at 1100MHz (Source: Intel)
CPU interface: 423-pin socket ?
Additional SIMD instructions.
"Estimated to underperform the P3 or Athlon by more than 20 percent"
[AKA Willamette]
Timna Q1 2000 600
666
system on a chip device
built-in graphics chip and a memory controller
128K level two cache on the die
370 pin socket
Tulloch ?? Q2 2001 1600
1700
IA-32
CPU interface: 479-pin socket
single/dual Rambus channel
Pentium 4 Northwood ? Q3 2001 2000 0.13 micron
CPU interface: mPGA478
Madison 2002 ? IA-64
copper interconnect technology
Northwood ? 3000 IA-64, 0.13 micron
Deerfield 2003 ? IA-64, mid-range servers and workstations
The first IA-64 chip aimed at the consumer market
RisemP6 II Q1 1999 300 256kB on-chip L2
0.25 micron
Tiger Q3 1999 1.8 volt core, and will come supporting PC-100, PC-133 and PC-266
Socket 370
mP6 II Q4 1999 ? 0.18-micron
mP6 Q4 1998 166
190 (P233)
200 (P266)
16KB of on-chip L1 cache, 6-stage pipelined CPU, three-way
superscalar Integer and MMX, pipelined floating-point unit,
Super7, 0.25-micron, 'Basic PC'/notebook market
STSTPC 26 Oct 1998 66 fifth-generation x86 processor, five-stage pipeline, a parallel-processing integral floating-point unit, 8-Kbyte unified level-one cache, graphics chipset, TFT flat-panel display controller, PCMCIA card interface, local system bus, a PS/2 mouse controller, two serial ports, universal parallel port, Costing less than $40, QNX support, 'Embedded systems'
TransmetaCrusoe TM3120 19 Jan 2000 400 - VLIW processor and x86 Code Morphing
- Processor core operates at 333, 366, and 400 MHz
- Integrated 64K-byte L1 instruction cache, 32K-byte L1 data cache
- Integrated northbridge core logic features facilitate compact system designs
- SDR SDRAM memory controller with 66-133 MHz, 3.3V interface
- PCI bus controller (PCI 2.1 compliant) with 33 MHz, 3.3V interface
- Advanced power management features and very-low power operation extend mobile battery life
- Full System Management Mode (SMM) support
- Compact 474-pin ceramic BGA package
Crusoe TM5400 2H 2000 700 - VLIW processor and x86 Code Morphing
- Processor core operates at 500-700 MHz
- Integrated 64K-byte L1 instruction cache, 64K-byte L1 data cache
- 256K-byte L2 write-back cache
- Integrated northbridge core logic features facilitate compact system designs
- DDR SDRAM memory controller with 100-133 MHz, 2.5V interface
- SDR SDRAM memory controller with 66-133 MHz, 3.3V interface
- PCI bus controller (PCI 2.1 compliant) with 33 MHz, 3.3V interface
- LongRun TM advanced power management
- 1-2 W @ 500-700 MHz, 1.2-1.6V running typical multimedia applications
- 30 mW in deep sleep
- Full System Management Mode (SMM) support
- Compact 474-pin ceramic BGA package
Crusoe TM5600 2H 2000 700 - VLIW processor and x86 Code Morphing
- Integrated 656-Kbytes on-chip cache
- Compact 474-pin ceramic BGA package
Crusoe TM5800 2H 2001 1000 VLIW processor and x86 Code Morphing
Processor core operates up to 1 GHz
128K-byte L1 cache
512KB-1MB L2 write-back cache
Integrated Northbridge & AGP
DDR SDRAM memory controller @ 200 MHz
0.13 micron process
"standard 360-pin package"
Astro 2002 1400 VLIW processor and x86 Code Morphing
Processor core operates up to 1.4 GHz
128K-byte L1 cache
2MB L2 write-back cache
Integrated Northbridge & AGP
0.13 micron process
0.5 W power consumption

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