AMD-K6-IIIE+550ACR AMD (ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES), AMD-K6-IIIE+550ACR Datasheet - Page 30

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Specifications of AMD-K6-IIIE+550ACR

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Preliminary Information
AMD-K6™-IIIE+ Embedded Processor Data Sheet
23543A/0—September 2000
1.3
Super7™ Platform
The Super7 platform is an extension to the popular Socket 7 platform. AMD and its
industry partners have invested in the future of Socket 7 with the Super7 platform
initiative. The goal of the initiative is to maintain the competitive vitality of the
Socket 7 infrastructure through a series of enhancements, including the development
of an industry-standard 100-MHz processor bus protocol.
In addition to the 100-MHz processor bus protocol, the Super7 initiative includes the
introduction of chipsets that support the AGP specification, and support for a
backside L2 cache. Currently, over 40 motherboard vendors and all major BIOS and
chipset vendors offer Super7-based products.
All AMD-K6 embedded processors in CPGA packages remain pin compatible with
existing Socket 7 solutions; however, for maximum system performance, the
AMD-K6-IIIE+ processor works optimally in Super7 designs that incorporate
advanced features such as support for the 100-MHz frontside bus and AGP graphics.
100-MHz Processor Bus
The AMD-K6-IIIE+ processor supports a 100-MHz, 800 Mbyte/second frontside bus to
provide a high-speed interface to Super7 platform-based chipsets. The 100-MHz
interface speeds up access to main memory by 50 percent over the 66-MHz Socket 7
interface — resulting in a significant 10 percent increase in overall system
performance.
Accelerated Graphics Port Support
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) support improves the performance of video
graphics systems that have small amounts of video memory on the graphics card. The
industry-standard AGP specification enables a 133-MHz graphics interface and will
scale to even higher levels of performance.
Support For Backside L2 Cache
The Super7 platform has the ‘headroom’ to support higher-performance AMD-K6
processors like the AMD-K6-IIIE+ processor, which features a full-speed, internal
backside 256-Kbyte L2 cache designed to enable new levels of performance to
leading-edge embedded systems.
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