AMD
AMD Athlon™ and AMD Athlon X2 dual-core processors
Compatible Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
Supported Architectures: X86
AMD Athlon and AMD Athlon X2 dual-core processors with Direct Connect Architecture can improve overall system performance and efficiency by helping eliminate traditional bottlenecks inherent in legacy architectures, where traditional front-side buses restrict and interrupt the flow of data. With AMD64 processors, there are no front-side buses. Instead, the processors, memory controller, and I/O are directly connected to the CPU. Further, the integrated memory controller dramatically reduces memory latency while HyperTransport™ technology delivers a very high I/O bandwidth. Data speeds through the system without encountering the traditional front-side bus bottleneck that plagues competing x86 platforms.
And all this performance comes in a low-power processor. AMD64 technology offers low operational costs with reduced power draw and heat dissipation. It also features Cool‘n’Quiet™ technology with Optimized Power Management, which can deliver performance on demand and minimize power consumption.
In addition to performance, AMD Athlon and AMD Athlon X2 dual-core processors for the embedded market are NEBS-friendly and offer Error Correcting Code (ECC) to help deliver reliability and secure data transactions for embedded systems.
AMD is committed to providing our embedded customers with choices, and designing on the industry-standard x86 platform provides access to thousands of software, hardware, and development tools. AMD processors are compatible with the major Microsoft® Windows® operating systems as well as Linux.®
FEATURES & BENEFITS
- Leading-edge performance for 32- and 64-bit applications
- 40-bit physical addresses, 48-bit virtual addresses
- Sixteen 64-bit integer registers Sixteen 128-bit SSE/SSE2/SSE3 registers
- AMD Digital Media Xpress™ technology provides support for SSE, SSE2, SSE3, and MMX™ instructions Enhanced Virus Protection*
- JTAG interface for debug support
TECHNICAL SPECS
- A high-bandwidth, low-latency integrated DDR memory controller
- HyperTransport™ technology for high-speed I/O communication
> Up to 8GB/s HyperTransport™ I/O bandwidth
> Up to 20.8GB/s total delivered processor-to-system bandwidth (HyperTransport bus + memory bus) - Large high-performance on-chip cache
> 64KB Level 1 instruction cache per core
> 64KB Level 1 data cache per core
> 512KB Level 2 cache with single-core processors
> Up to 1MB Level 2 cache per core with dual-core processors - Socket AM2 Packaging
> Lidded micro pin grid array (PGA)
> 31×31 grid array
> 1.27mm pin pitch
> Compliant with RoHS (EU Directive 2002/95/EC)
AVAILABILITY
Now
APPLICATION AREAS
Storage, telecommunications, Point-of-sale, networking, military, imaging, and gaming systems
* As part of a comprehensive security program, AMD strongly recommends enabling Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) and using up to date third party anti-virus software.
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