AMD's line of processors for PCs and laptops.
A PC processor - AMD, the other leading chip manufacturer's equivalent to Intel's Pentium. Like the Pentium, constantly being upgraded. You will often see a number such as 2700 following the word Athlon, which is a rough measure of the processor's speed - the higher the number, the faster the chip.
The name of AMD's new chip intended to compete with Intel's Pentium III. The Athlon was formerly referred to as the K7. The September '99 issue of PC World claims that the 600MHz Athlon is on average 9% faster than a 600MHz PIII. In graphics tests, the Athlon was 21% faster running 3D modeling software. For comparisons and benchmarks, see AMD's Athlon page.
Is the name brand of a processor made by AMD. A standard Athlon processor computes information at speeds between 850 MHz and 1.2 GHz. An Athlon XP CPU typically reaches speeds of 1.67 GHz.
A high-power microprocessor, made by AMD.
AMD’s latest processor for desktop computers.
the official name of AMD's 7th generation processor. Comes in several variants that include classic Athlon and the Athlon "Thunderbird". Also see K7, model 1, model 2and model 4.
A brand family of modern processors made by AMD.
Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of different x86 processors designed and manufactured by AMD. The original Athlon, or Athlon Classic, was the first seventh-generation x86 processor and, in a first, retained the initial performance lead it had over Intel's competing processors for a significant period of time. AMD has continued the Athlon name with the Athlon 64, an eighth-generation processor featuring x86-64 (later renamed AMD64) technology.