Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Oct 2000 21:02:14 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: K6-2+ name (was Re: AMD CPU misdetection?) |
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"Barry K. Nathan" wrote: > > > The K6-2+ is actually the CPU that was released > > _after_ K6-3. Go figure. > > > > Why they didn't call it K6-4 is anyones guess. > > I read somewhere (I don't have a URL handy, sorry) that the reason AMD went > with K6-2+ is that, apparently, the K6-2 name is well-known, and they > wanted to build on that...
IIRC, the K6-2+ is really a K6-3 core with the on-chip L2 cache disabled because of defects.
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