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Mustafa Mirac Kocatürk

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OUTLINE
AMD Company and Its History
Existing 32-bit systems.
New 64-bit technology
AMD’s Athlon FX Processors
New Technologies used in processors
Performance Results
Conclusion
References
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3. Advanced Micro Devices Company
“Innovation driven by real customer needs — ‘customer- centric innovation’ — is the new path to leadership.” –Hector Ruiz
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AMD Company
AMD designs and produces;
Innovative Microprocessors,
Flash Memory Devices,
Low-power Processor Solutions
Silicon-based Solutions
Integrated Circuits
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History of AMD Company
1969 – Founded in Sunnyvale,CA with a budget of $
1970 – First Proprietary Product: Am2501
1973 – First Overseas Manifacturing in Malaysia
1975 – Enters the RAM Market, produces Am2900 Family.
1987 – AMD merges with Monolithic Inc.
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History of AMD Company
1991 – Introduces AMD 386®
microprocessor family
AMD and Fujitsu Establishment
1993 – First AMD486® produced.
1997 – Introduces AMD-K6® processor.
1998 – Collaboration with Motorola.
1999 – Introduces AMD AthlonTM Processors
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History of AMD Company
2000 – 1 GHz limit exceeded.
2000 – AMD-760TM Chipset with DDR Memory
2001 – First Multiprocessor Platform AMD AthlonTM MP
2002 – 0.13 Micron technology emerged
2002 – AMD opens AMD Development Center
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History of AMD Company
Last Year,
AMD Opteron processor built on AMD64 Technology
Launches the AMD AthlonTM 64 processors
Introduces “cinematic computing” with AMD Athlon 64 FX microprocessors.
Sun and AMD form strategic alliance.
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32-bit Computing
Existing systems use 32-bit computing.
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32-bit Computing
In computer architecture, a word is defined as a unit of data that can be addressed and moved between the computer processor and the storage area.
In 32-bit computing a word is 32 bits.
Usually, the defined bit-length of a word is equivalent to the width of the computer's data bus so that a word can be moved in a single operation from the storage to the processor registers
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32-bit Computing
In a 32-bit microprocessor;
There are 32-bit general purpose registers in the processor.
There are 232 = 4GB memory to be addressed.
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64-bit Computing
The best and simple definition is enhancing the processing word in the architecture to 64 bits.
The addressable memory increases from 4 GB to 264 = 18 billion GB
Data processing speed does not change yet the data processed in a clock cycle increases two times.
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13. Is 64-bit Computing necessary?
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64-bit Computing
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15. Benefits of 64-bit Computing
Allowing applications to store vast amount of data in main memory.
Allowing complex calculations with a high-level precision.
Manipulating data and executing instructions in chunks that are twice as large as in 32-bit computing.
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16. 32-bit vs. 64-bit Processors
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64-bit Registers
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“The AMD Athlon™ 64 FX processor is the world’s best PC processor.” -- AMD Inc.
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Key features:
AMD64 Technology
HypertransportTM Technology
DDR Memory Controller
On-Die Cache
3DNow!TM Technology
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Overall Features
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26. Comparing with IntelTM Pentium® 4
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Performance Tests
The performance of the processor is tested in three different computation areas.
Computer Gaming
Digital Media
Office Productivity
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System Configuration
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29. Computer Gaming Performance Results
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30. Digital Media Performance Results
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31. Office Productivity Performance Results
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32. Overall Performance Results
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Conclusion
64-bit computing is a necessary technology in the computer science areas which require larger memory and increased performance such as scientific computing, CAD/CAM, ERP/CRM solutions etc...
With new technologies improved, today AMD Athlon 64 FX – 55 processors have the best potential to fulfill 64-bit desktop computing needs.
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References
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. x86-64TM Technology White Paper
AMD Eighth-Generation Processor Architecture White Paper
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 Processor Competitive Performance Guide
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