One Powerfully Different Processor

AMD-K6®-III Processor with 3DNow!™ Technology

		Superior Processing Power for Home PC Enthusiasts
		Leading-Edge Performance for Business Power Users
		Innovative TriLevel Cache Design - Larger, Faster, More Flexible
		The Cutting Edge in 3D Computing

Processor Overview

The AMD-K6®-III processor with 3DNow!™ technology is the ultimate sixth-generation processor for home PC enthusiasts and business power users. The AMD-K6-III processor combines 3DNow! technology with AMD's new TriLevel Cache design to deliver exceptional performance on leading business and consumer software applications. The key to this enhanced performance is our innovative TriLevel Cache design, which provides the largest total system cache for desktop PCs-more than four times the size of other competing system designs.¹

Superior Processing Power for Home PC Enthusiasts

In the home and on the Web, the AMD-K6-III takes Windows® 98 to new levels of performance for a powerful difference in personal computing. Games are faster and more realistic. Multimedia is no longer a waiting game. And 3D web pages come alive. What's more, a PC powered by the 450-MHz AMD-K6-III processor delivers higher performance on leading consumer applications than an equally configured PC based on Intel's fastest desktop processor, the Pentium® III 500.

Leading-Edge Performance for Business Power Users

The AMD-K6-III processor outperforms an equally clocked Pentium III and delivers superior processing power for productivity applications in the Windows NT® environment. Business power users get all the computational muscle they need to manage web sites, zip through spreadsheets and word documents, and create high-impact presentations. If there's serious work to be done, PCs powered by AMD-K6-III processors are right for the job.

Innovative TriLevel Cache Design - Larger, Faster, More Flexible

The AMD-K6-III processor's TriLevel Cache design significantly boosts overall PC performance by providing the largest, fastest, and most flexible total system cache for Windows compatible desktop PCs.

• Larger: An AMD-K6-III processor-based PC can deliver up to 2,368KB of total system cache-more than four times the size of the 544KB maximum system cache of a Pentium III processor-based PC. In general, the larger the cache, the better the system performance.
• Faster: The AMD-K6-III processor's 320KB of internal cache-including a 256KB Level 2 (L2) cache in addition to the 64KB Level 1 (L1) cache that's standard in AMD-K6 family processors-races along at the full speed of the processor.
• More flexible: The AMD-K6-III is the first desktop PC processor to offer a 100-MHz frontside bus to an optional Level 3 (L3) external cache on the Super7™ platform. This flexible, three-level cache design results in a maximum combined system cache that's unsurpassed in the desktop PC industry.

The Cutting Edge in 3D Computing

PCs powered by the AMD-K6-III processor with 3DNow! technology can unleash the potential of today's gaming, productivity and Internet software for the ultimate 3D multimedia experience. 3DNow! technology can bring PCs to life with sharp 3D images, vibrant graphics, and big-screen sound and digital video.

Strong Market Momentum for 3DNow!™ Technology

AMD's 3DNow! technology has the support of Microsoft and the independent software and hardware development community. 3DNow! has been adopted as a 3D enhancement technology by many of the world's top PC makers, software developers, and game publishers, as well as by an installed base of more than nine million users who own PCs enhanced with 3DNow! technology. Some of today's hottest gaming titles are now optimized for 3DNow!, including id Software's Quake II, Unreal from Epic Games, Rage's Incoming, and Ares Rising from iMagine Studios.

If It's From AMD, It's Compatible

The AMD-K6-III processor's compatibility is proven through extensive internal and external testing and verification. The AMD-K6-III processor is compatible with the Microsoft Windows operating system, other leading operating systems, more than 60,000 software applications, and the latest software optimized for 3DNow! technology.

¹This estimate is based on a PC powered by the AMD-K6®-III processor using a publicly available Super7™ motherboard with 2,048KB of external cache (total system cache of 2,368KB) and a Pentium® III processor-based system configured with a maximum possible total system cache of 544KB (32KB internal, 512KB external).

( Document taken from Advanced Micro Device 's Home Page

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