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| General information | |
|---|---|
| Launched | late 2003 |
| Discontinued | April 2014 |
| Common manufacturer | |
| Performance | |
| Max. CPU clock rate | 1600 MHz to 3200 MHz |
| FSB speeds | 800 MHz to 1000 MHz |
| Architecture and classification | |
| Technology node | 130 nm to 65 nm |
| Instruction set | AMD64 (x86-64) |
| Physical specifications | |
| Sockets | |
| Products, models, variants | |
| Core names | |
| History | |
| Predecessor | K7 - Athlon |
| Successor | Family 10h (K10) |
The AMD K8 Hammer, also code-named SledgeHammer, is a computer processor microarchitecture designed by AMD as the successor to the AMD K7 Athlon microarchitecture. The K8 was the first implementation of the AMD64 64-bit extension to the x86 instruction set architecture.[1][2]
- ^ "List of AMD CPU microarchitectures - LeonStudio". LeonStudio - CodeFun. 3 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Hans de Vries (2 October 2001). "AMD's Next Generation Micro Processor's Architecture". Chip Architect. Retrieved 12 September 2015.