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Launched | May 28, 1998 |
Discontinued | End of 2003[1] |
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Performance | |
Max. CPU clock rate | 200 MHz to 570 MHz |
FSB speeds | 66 MHz to 100 MHz |
Architecture and classification | |
Technology node | 250 nm |
Microarchitecture | K6 |
Instructions | x86 |
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History | |
Predecessor | K6 |
Successors | K6-III, Duron |
The K6-2 is an x86 microprocessor introduced by AMD on May 28, 1998,[2] and available in speeds ranging from 266 to 550 MHz. An enhancement of the original K6, the K6-2 introduced AMD's 3DNow! SIMD instruction set and an upgraded system-bus interface called Super Socket 7, which was backward compatible with older Socket 7 motherboards. It was manufactured using a 250 nanometer process, ran at 2.2 volts, and had 9.3 million transistors.