AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE

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AMD Athlon 64 FX-55PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE

• Mustafa Mirac Kocatürk
• 2003701293

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OUTLINE

• AMD Company and Its History
• Existing 32-bit systems.
• New 64-bit technology
• AMDs Athlon FX Processors
• New Technologies used in processors
• Performance Results
• Conclusion
• References

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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
  100.000
• 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
• 1993 - 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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Is 64-bit Computing necessary?
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64-bit Computing
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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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32-bit vs. 64-bit Processors
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64-bit Registers
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AMD Athlon 64 FX Processors

• The AMD Athlon 64 FX processor is the worlds
  best PC processor. -- AMD Inc.

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AMD Athlon 64 FX Processor

• Key features
• AMD64 Technology
• HypertransportTM Technology
• DDR Memory Controller
• On-Die Cache
• 3DNow!TM Technology

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AMD Athlon 64 FX Architecture
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AMD Athlon 64 FX Architecture
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AMD Athlon 64 FX Architecture
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AMD Athlon 64 FX Architecture
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AMD Athlon 64 FX Architecture
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Overall Features
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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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Computer Gaming Performance Results
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Digital Media Performance Results
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Office Productivity Performance Results
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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
• http//www.hypertransport.org/
• http//www.amd.com/us-en/
• http//www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/showstory.jsp
  ?storyid49967upto0
• http//devresource.hp.com/drc/STK/docs/refs/64what
  .jsp
• http//www.build-your-own-computer-tips.com/64-32-
  bit-processors.html
• http//arstechnica.com/cpu/03q1/x86-64/x86-64-1.ht
  ml
• http//www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.aspx?i2320
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