Athlon
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thumb|Logo used since 2018 for Zen-based Athlon processors thumb|Original AMD Athlon logo
Key facts
- CPU.name
- Athlon Classic
- CPU.image
- AMD-Athlon-Processor-Logo.svg
- CPU.caption
- The logo of the Athlon "Classic"
- CPU.produced start
- June 23, 1999
- CPU.slowest
- 500
- CPU.slow unit
- MHz
- CPU.fastest
- 1400
- CPU.fast unit
- MHz
- CPU.fsb slowest
- 100
- CPU.fsb slow unit
- Mhz
- CPU.fsb fastest
- 133
- CPU.fsb fast unit
- Mhz
- CPU.size from
- 250 nm
- CPU.size to
- 180 nm
- CPU.manuf1
- AMD
- CPU.core1
- Argon (K7)
- CPU.core2
- Pluto/Orion (K75)
- CPU.core3
- Mendocino
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- Athlon
- inception
- 1999-05-20
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20 sectionsContents
- Brand history
- K7 design and development
- Original release
- Later Athlon iterations
- Generations
- Athlon Classic (1999)
- Athlon Thunderbird (2000–2001)
- <span id="Athlon XP/MP"></span>Athlon XP (2001–2003)
- ''Thoroughbred''
- ''Barton'' / ''Thorton''
- Athlon 64 (2003–2009)
- Athlon 64 X2 (2005–2009)
- Athlon II (2009–2012)
- Piledriver and Steamroller-based Athlon X4 (2013–2016)
- Excavator-based Athlon X4 (2017)
- Zen-based Athlon (2018–present)
- Supercomputers
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Logo used since 2018 for Zen-based Athlon processors thumb|Original AMD Athlon logo
AMD Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices. The original Athlon (now called Athlon Classic) was the first seventh-generation x86 processor and the first desktop processor to reach speeds of one gigahertz (GHz). It made its debut as AMD's high-end processor brand on June 23, 1999. Over the years AMD has used the Athlon name with the 64-bit Athlon 64 architecture, the Athlon II, and Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) chips targeting the Socket AM1 desktop SoC architecture, and Socket AM4 Zen (microarchitecture). The modern Zen-based Athlon with a Radeon Graphics processor was introduced in 2019 as AMD's highest-performance entry-level processor.