What does the "K" stand for in AMD k5,k6, etc?

[Unseen]

I have been wondering about what "K" in K7,K8, etc. of AMD could actually mean or does it even have one? I know the P in intel processor are just Pentium. Not a clue what K in AMD cpus are for...

 

[Crashman]

"Kilroy was here"?

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[Black_Cat]

Kryptonite.

Okay, brain. You don't like me, and I don't like you, but let's get through this thing and then I can continue killing you with beer. -- Homer Simpson.

 

[Woodman]

Lol, Kilroy 😛.

The "K" I think stands for "Kryptonite", which (after Googling) AMD seems to want to use against the superman (at the time) of the CPU industry, Intel.

Rofl :lol: .

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[Woodman]

Argh, thou hast beaten me!

Undeniable facts #81:
Fact that nobody fücks with facts, is a fact thats not fücking factual. Fact of the fücking matter is, lots of fücks like fücking with factual facts.

 

[Black_Cat]

My more primitive brain is still fast. It's the cerebral cortex that's slow.

Okay, brain. You don't like me, and I don't like you, but let's get through this thing and then I can continue killing you with beer. -- Homer Simpson.

 

[Unseen]

I will take guess from these relies that it really doesn't mean anything!

 

[ytoledano]

I thought it was for OK processor... No?

I know what everyone's been wondering - 2^33634943-1 IS NOT PRIME. Now, wasn't that worth running <A HREF="http://www.mersenne.com" target="_new">Prime95</A> for a month to know?

 

[TTZX]

<b>K</b>rap

 

[SoDNighthawk]

Kinetic Energy systems group 😉 Not really but they do keep going and going and going NO wait that is another companies logo.

Oh damn that's it IT is a LOGO

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[pIII_Man]

It was OK, at one time the k6 233 was the fastest cpu out, but soon the pII's outpaced it.

I just realised, what is amd gonna name their K-9 core, lassie?


If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a procesor
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[hux]

im sure i heard the word 'kalamath' mentioned somewhere along the way

 

[Unseen]

Guess people over here don't know everything about CPUs 😛

 

[Spitfire_x86]

I think AMD's "K" is like Intel's "P". What does P5, P6, etc means?

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[SoDNighthawk]

Your contact link does not work at least you tried, scrampton forgot to add one and keeps asking for pictures ?

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[endyen]

K= di-electric constant.

 

[c0d1f1ed]

I think AMD's "K" is like Intel's "P". What does P5, P6, etc means?

Processor?

 

[ad_rach]

Maybe it's <A HREF="http://www.kochmesser.com/" target="_new">Kochmesser</A>?
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[pIII_Man]

I think most of us have gotten that much...at least i hope they have, but what does K mean or signify, for example we can trace the P in p7 back to maybe processor or pentium, but K is just funky...


If it isn't a P6 then it isn't a procesor
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