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Interestingly, AMD's previous gen processors, the K6/K6-2/K6-III, were all lidded flip chips. A delidded K6-era CPU looks remarkably similar to the early Athlon
by polpo 1mo ago
Interestingly, AMD's previous gen processors, the K6/K6-2/K6-III, were all lidded flip chips. A delidded K6-era CPU looks remarkably similar to the early Athlons which did away with the lid.
- 3453f4f 1mo agoThere are three good pieces of history for you to look at. First, the NexGen Nx686 prototype... that became the K6 after AMD bought NexGen. https://web.archive.org/web/19990901212245/http://www.sandpile.org/impl/nx6.htm https://web.archive.org/web/19990901212245/http://www.sandpi... https://web.archive.org/web/20000831030211/http://www.sandpile.org/impl/pics/nexgen/nx6/nx6a_top.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20000831030211/http://www.sandpi... https://web.archive.org/web/20000831030227/http://www.sandpile.org/impl/pics/nexgen/nx6/nx6b_top.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20000831030227/http://www.sandpi... Second, the AMD K6 prototype... which came in a small footprint ceramic package. https://www.cpushack.com/chippics/AMD/K6/AMDK6-Processor-CA-ES.html https://www.cpushack.com/chippics/AMD/K6/AMDK6-Processor-CA-... Third, the AMD K7... which also came in that small footprint ceramic package, on a Slot A PCB, with L2 cache chips. http://www.cpu-galerie.de/html/amdk7athlonslot.html http://www.cpu-galerie.de/html/amdk7athlonslot.html Enjoy!