Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 02 Feb 2006 16:45, tsimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> >>That's my understanding. But AMD produced a processor called >>the 586, which is a 486 class processor. >> > > As a long-time AMD user, I can only say that I do not remember such a > processor, and I don't think it existed. Their names were always very > different from Intel ones. > > Anne > I think what they are talking about was the Am5x86 processor. The Am5x86 is actually a 486DX (the fastest 486 around) that delivers performance superior to the Pentium-75 on a modern 486 motherboard. That's why AMD named it Am5x86-P75. It is a clock-quadrupling CPU so it runs internally at 133 MHz on the usual 33.33MHz bus-speed. The 16 Kb Level 1 (on-chip) cache supports both the Write-Through (read cache) and the Write-Back (read and write cache) mode. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
