AMD K8
The AMD K8 generation of CPUs will be the successor to the AMD K7 generation of CPUs. K8 is the first implementation of the AMD64 64-bit x86 (x86–64) architecture.
- Athlon 64 X2 (K8)
- Athlon 64 FX (K8)
- Athlon 64 (K8)
- Sempron (K8)
- Opteron (K8)
The K8 Family of chips is not a large move away from the K7 Family. The most radical change is the integration of x86–64 instructions and a on-chip memory controller, eliminating the northbridge you see on k7 motherboards and Intel motherboards.
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