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AMD K8
 
title order # date on-line?
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Athlon 64 product brief 30550-A 10/03 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 brochure 30551-A 10/03 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 customer information 30610-A 10/03 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 FX product brief 30689-A 10/03 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 FX brochure 30657-A 10/03 PDF PDF
Sempron datasheet 31805-3.05 09/06 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 datasheet 24659-3.18 09/06 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 X2 datasheet 33425-3.10 01/07 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 X2 datasheet 43042-3.00 05/07 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 X2 mobile datasheet 42989-3.01 08/07 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 FX datasheet 30431-3.16 05/07 PDF PDF
Turion 64 datasheet 32816-3.05 09/06 PDF PDF
Turion 64 X2 datasheet 41407-3.02 09/06 PDF PDF
Opteron datasheet 23932-3.23 03/07 PDF PDF
S754 package functional datasheet 31410-3.03 06/04 PDF PDF
S939 package functional datasheet 31411-3.03 05/05 PDF PDF
S940 package functional datasheet 31412-3.05 06/04 PDF PDF
AM2 package functional datasheet 31117-??? ??/?? no no
F1207 package functional datasheet (Athlon 64 FX) 41696-??? ??/?? no no
F1207 package functional datasheet (Opteron) 31118-??? ??/?? no no
S1 package functional datasheet 31371-??? ??/?? no no
Hammer power and thermal datasheet (Athlon 64, Sempron, Turion) 30430-3.51 03/06 PDF PDF
Hammer power and thermal datasheet (Opteron) 30417-3.11 05/06 PDF PDF
AM2 package power and thermal datasheet 33954-3.23 06/07 PDF PDF
F1207 package power and thermal datasheet 33953-??? ??/?? no no
S1 package power and thermal datasheet 33952-??? ??/?? no no
DDR2 electrical datasheet 31119-3.00 08/06 PDF PDF
Hammer revision guide (DDR1) 25759-3.75 02/08 PDF PDF
Hammer revision guide (DDR2) 33610-3.10 02/08 PDF PDF
Hammer CPUID guide 25481-2.28 04/08 PDF PDF
Hammer BIOS and kernel developer's guide (DDR1) 26094-3.30 02/06 PDF PDF
Hammer BIOS and kernel developer's guide (DDR2) 32559-3.08 07/07 PDF PDF
Hammer software optimization guide 25112-3.06 09/05 PDF PDF
Hammer porting and optimizing (tools) 30201-B 04/03 PDF PDF
Hammer compiler guidelines 32035-3.22 11/07 PDF PDF
Hammer performance evaluation guide (low resolution) 30579-3.50 06/04 PDF PDF
Hammer performance evaluation guide (high resolution) 30579-3.74 03/07 PDF PDF
Hammer thermal design guide (DDR1) 26633-3.03 09/03 PDF PDF
Hammer thermal design guide (DDR2 F1207) 32800-3.00 08/06 PDF PDF
Hammer thermal interface material comparison: thermal pads vs. thermal grease 26951-3.00 04/04 PDF PDF
Hammer clock generator specification 24707-3.08 09/03 PDF PDF
Hammer methodologies for using registered DIMMs 27510-? ??/?? no no
Hammer evaluated DDR2 registered DIMMs ??? 10/07 PDF PDF
S754 design and qualification requirements 24850-3.13 02/05 PDF PDF
S940 design specification 25766-3.03 09/03 PDF PDF
S940 qualification plan 30353-3.04 09/03 PDF PDF
S1 design specification 31839-3.01 04/07 PDF PDF
desktop VRM design guide 24901-? ??/?? no no
Athlon 64 motherboard design guide 24665-? ??/?? no no
Opteron motherboard design guide 25180-? ??/?? no no
Cool'n'Quiet installation guide ?????-0.04 06/04 PDF PDF
builder's guide for AMD Athlon 64 processor-based desktops and workstations 31684-3.00 09/04 PDF PDF
builder's guide for AMD Opteron processor-based servers and workstations 30925-3.04 02/04 PDF PDF
Opteron processor for servers and workstations 26193-F 04/05 PDF PDF
Opteron processors: the world's highest performing x86 enterprise-class solutions 30380-A 10/03 PDF PDF
Opteron processor with Direct Connect architecture: 2P workstation comparison 30529-G 07/05 PDF PDF
Opteron processor with Direct Connect architecture: 2P server comparison 30291-H 07/05 PDF PDF
Opteron processor with Direct Connect architecture: 4P server comparison 31342-D 07/05 PDF PDF
Opteron processor benchmarking for clustered systems 39497-A 07/03 PDF PDF
AMD core math library user's guide 1.5.0 ??? 11/03 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 3400+ DTR competitive performance guide 31349-? 03/04 PDF PDF
mobile Athlon 64 3400+ competitive performance guide 31225-B 08/04 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 competitive performance guide 31783-B 10/04 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 FX-60 competitive performance guide 31366-E 01/06 PDF PDF
The AMD Athlon processor: superior 32-bit performance, ready for the 64-bit future 31523-A 04/04 PDF PDF
AMD Opteron processor-based server virtualization reference sheet 32493-A 12/04 PDF PDF
putting server virtualization to work 32951-A 02/05 PDF PDF
multi-core processors: the next evlution in computing 33211-A 03/05 PDF PDF
Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 processor speed reporting 32979-3.10 02/05 PDF PDF
AMD Opteron processors -- a better high-end embedded solution ??? 03/05 PDF PDF
server blades go mainstream 33539-A 04/05 PDF PDF
AMD Opteron MP systems running Linux: technical bulletin for OEMs and partners 33340-3.30 06/05 PDF PDF
processor utilization with Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition on systems
enabled with Cool'n'Quiet and AMD PowerNow! technologies
33609-3.00 05/05 PDF PDF
AMD64 technology for high-end embedded systems 34133-A 03/06 PDF PDF
reducing embedded design costs with AMD64 technology 34134-A 03/06 PDF PDF
Turion 64 X2 logo usage guide 40286-A 02/06 PDF PDF
Opteron x52 and x54 production notice: processor frequency margin test escape 40820-3.08 04/06 PDF PDF
performance guidelines for Athlon 64 and Opteron ccNUMA MP systems 40555-3.00 06/06 PDF PDF
building next-generation telecom equipment based on the AMD64 processor family 41406-? 06/06 PDF PDF
company success stories: Cray, Inc. 41409-? 07/06 PDF PDF
part 1: it takes an architecture to make a multi-core processor 40503-A 04/06 PDF PDF
part 2: it takes an ecosystem to make a dual-core platform 40379-A 04/06 PDF PDF
part 3: it takes advanced manufacturing technology to make a multi-core processor 41751-A 10/06 PDF PDF
part 4: it takes virtualization to make an agile infrastructure 41632-A 09/06 PDF PDF
part 5: it takes advanced microprocessor technology to make a modern datacenter 41789-A 10/06 PDF PDF
designing and optimizing software for N cores ??? 10/06 PDF PDF
image processing the easy way ??? 11/06 PDF PDF
surviving and thriving in a multi-core world ??? 11/06 PDF PDF
AMD quad FX platform benchmarks ??? 11/06 PDF PDF
mobile AMD Sempron processors 42218-B 01/08 PDF PDF
AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology 42220-B 01/08 PDF PDF
AMD Opteron processor 200 series AdvancedTCA RDK 42331-A 01/07 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 for today's high-performance embedded solutions 42332-A 02/07 PDF PDF
AMD Opteron processor for high-end embedded designs 42350-A 02/07 PDF PDF
AMD model S1 DBM690T, socket S1 and M690T/SB600 chipset development board 42655-A 03/07 PDF PDF
Sempron processor model 2100+ enabling fanless designs for embedded systems 43138-A 05/07 PDF PDF
Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 for embedded systems 43887-A 09/07 PDF PDF
socket S1 processor COM express reference design 43888-A 09/07 PDF PDF
Huawei ATCA blade server powered by AMD Opteron processors 43319-A 10/07 PDF PDF
usage guidelines: Sempron and Athlon 43677-A 01/08 PDF PDF
second generation AMD Opteron processor AdvancedTCA RDK 43919-A 09/07 PDF PDF
the next-generation development and deployment platform 45204-A 03/08 PDF PDF

 
AMD K8L
 
title order # date on-line?
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Family 10h product brief (2P server and workstation) 43705-A 09/07 PDF PDF
Family 10h product brief (4P server) 44226-A 11/07 PDF PDF
Family 10h datasheet (AM2) 44109-3.00 11/07 PDF PDF
Family 10h functional datasheet (F1207) 40017-?.?? ??/?? n/a n/a
Family 10h electrical datasheet 40014-?.?? ??/?? n/a n/a
Family 10h revision guide 41322-3.16 02/08 PDF PDF
Family 10h BIOS and kernel developer's guide 31116-3.06 03/08 PDF PDF
Family 10h software optimization guide 40546-3.06 04/08 PDF PDF
advanced platform management link (APML) specification 41918-0.70 08/07 PDF PDF
evaluated DDR2 unbuffered DIMMs (AM2) ??? 03/08 PDF PDF
evaluated DDR2 registered DIMMs (F1207) ??? 03/08 PDF PDF
quad-core fact sheet ??? 09/07 PDF PDF
usage guidelines: Phenom and Phenom FX 43704-A 01/08 PDF PDF
usage guidelines: Opteron 43407-B 10/07 PDF PDF
average CPU power (ACP) whitepaper 43761-C 12/07 PDF PDF
IBS: a new performance analysis technique for AMD Family 10h processors ??? 11/07 PDF PDF

 
Presentations
 
title order # date on-line?
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K8 processor (Microprocessor Forum 2001) ??? 10/01 PDF PDF
K8 processor (Microprocessor Forum 2002) ??? 10/02 PDF PDF
K8 processor (Microprocessor Forum 2003) ??? 10/03 PDF PDF
whitepaper: AMD eight-generation processor architecture ??? 10/01 PDF PDF
AMD Japan press conference presentation by Hector Ruiz (incl. Hammer estimates) ??? 02/02 PDF PDF
Sanford conference presentation by Jerry Sanders (incl. Hammer information) ??? 06/02 PDF PDF
AMD Opteron processor press presentation ??? 04/02 PDF PDF
eight-generation platform support partner quotes ??? 05/02 PDF PDF
HotChips 14: the AMD x86-64 architecture -- extending x86 to 64 bits ??? 08/02 PDF PDF
HotChips 14: the AMD Hammer processor core ??? 08/02 PDF PDF
HotChips 14: AMD Opteron shared memory MP systems ??? 08/02 PDF PDF
AMD analyst meeting presentation by Dirk Meyer (Opteron roadmap) ??? 11/02 PDF PDF
AMD analyst meeting presentation by Bill Siegle (process roadmap) ??? 11/02 PDF PDF
HotChips 15: Red Storm ??? 03/03 PDF PDF
GDC 2003: smashing the barriers of 32-bit gaming ??? 03/03 PDF PDF
HPC 2003: Opteron and AMD64 -- a commodity 64-bit x86 SOC ??? 04/03 PDF PDF
Thor's Hammer: Red Storm ??? 05/03 PDF PDF
Opteron customer presentation: the AMD difference ??? 06/03 PDF PDF
IBM DB2 universal database software on the AMD Opteron processor ??? 06/03 PDF PDF
Cluster World 2003: building blocks for 64-bit AMD Opteron processor-based clusters ??? 06/03 PDF PDF
TechEd 2003: porting application to Windows for AMD64 technology ??? 07/03 PDF PDF
WinHec 2003: technical details of Microsoft Windows for the AMD64 platform ??? 08/03 PPT PPT
PDC 2003: Visual C++ "Whidbey" -- advanced code generation ??? ??/03 PPT PPT
AMD high performance computing -- AMD Opteron processor ??? 09/03 PDF PDF
HPC 2004: AMD64 design choices, architecture, processor design, and performance ??? 11/03 PDF PDF
HPC 2004: briefing on ACML -- the AMD core math library ??? 11/03 PDF PDF
HPC 2004: PGI parallel compilers and tools for x86 and AMD64... ??? 11/03 PDF PDF
HPC 2004: scalable informatics on AMD64 ??? 11/03 PDF PDF
HPC 2004: Nvidia GPUs for HPC ??? 11/03 PDF PDF
HPC 2004: RedHat technology overview ??? 11/03 PDF PDF
Super Computing 2003: tuning a high-performance math library for AMD64 technology ??? 12/03 PDF PDF
Cluster World 2004: high-performance enterprise computing with ACML 2.0 ??? 04/04 PDF PDF
GDC 2004: optimizing PC games for 64-bit Windows on AMD Athlon 64 ??? 04/04 PDF PDF
GDC 2004: AMD's Direct3D optimizations ??? 04/04 PDF PDF
GDC 2004: porting to 64-bit: a production overview ??? 04/04 PDF PDF
GDC 2004: Havoc 2 product overview ??? 04/04 PDF PDF
GDC 2004: peddling the Penguin: Linux gaming ??? 04/04 PDF PDF
AMD on AMD: enabling high-performance computing ??? 06/04 PDF PDF
whitepaper: building high-performance Linux clusters ??? 06/04 PDF PDF
Citigroup Smith Barney semiconductor conference (incl. 1 MB L2 die pics) ??? 06/04 PDF PDF
TechEd 2004: optimizing software for 64-bit Windows for extended systems... ??? 07/04 PDF PDF
WinHec 2004: enhanced virus protection in AMD... (NX) ??? 07/04 PDF PDF
WinHec 2004: configuring Microsoft Visual Studio Projects to support AMD64 ??? 07/04 PDF PDF
WinHec 2004: porting and optimizing applications on 64-bit Windows for AMD64 ??? 07/04 PDF PDF
WinHec 2004: porting and optimizing codecs on 64-bit Windows for AMD64 ??? 07/04 PDF PDF
Kernel Summit 2004: AMD64 status report ??? 08/04 PDF PDF
HotChips 16: low power AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron processors ??? 09/04 PDF PDF
HotChips 16: SimNow -- fast platform simulation purely in software ??? 09/04 PDF PDF
HotChips 16: Horus -- large scale SMP for Opterons ??? 09/04 PDF PDF
AMD Opteron and PGI: enabling the world's fastest LS-DYNA performance ??? 10/04 PDF PDF
developer webcast 2004: optimizing applications ??? 11/04 PDF PDF
Lehman Brothers T4 conference (incl. 512 KB L2 die pics) ??? 12/04 PDF PDF
report of the Fermilab computing divison 64-bit Linux evaluation taskforce ??? 03/05 PDF PDF
new opportunities for computer architecture research (by Chuck Moore) ??? 03/05 PDF PDF
whitepaper: computational chemistry performance analysis ??? 04/05 PDF PDF
whitepaper: a NUMA API for Linux ??? 04/05 PDF PDF
whitepaper: memory bandwidth and the performance of scientific applications ??? ??/?? PDF PDF
WinHec 2005: x86 everywhere ??? 05/05 PDF PDF
WinHec 2005: running the commercialization rapids with new technology ??? 05/05 PDF PDF
WinHec 2005: performance analysis on MP systems using CodeAnalyst for Windows ??? 05/05 PDF PDF
WinHec 2005: multi-core technology -- maximizing CPU performance in a power ... ??? 05/05 PDF PDF
WinHec 2005: Pacifica -- next generation architecture for efficient virtual ... ??? 05/05 PDF PDF
WinHec 2005: Horus -- large scale SMP using AMD Opteron processors ??? 05/05 PDF PDF
dual-core Athlon 64 X2 and dual-core Opteron launch presentation ??? 04/05 PDF PDF
DevCon 2005: introduction to AMD64 technology ??? 05/05 PDF PDF
GDC 2005: maximizing performance of PC games on 64-bit platforms ??? 06/05 PDF PDF
GDC 2005: Streamline Studios -- delivering the promise ??? 06/05 PDF PDF
GDC 2005: Zombie Studios -- designing and developing for 64-bit ??? 06/05 PDF PDF
TechEd 2005: AMD64 ... providing a scalable platform for Microsoft SQL server ??? 06/05 PDF PDF
Linux Summit 2005: virtual leverage -- server consolidation in open source... ??? 06/05 PDF PDF
Kernel Summit 2005: roadmap ??? 07/05 PDF PDF
AMD Opteron processor: enabling embedded designs ??? 08/05 PDF PDF
whitepaper: AMD Opteron and Neterion XFrame ethernet achieve 10 gigabit speeds ??? 08/05 PDF PDF
whitepaper: Sun Fire -- redefining x64 industry standard servers ??? 09/05 PDF PDF
Serial Speedway roadshow: The next generation of computing ??? 09/05 PDF PDF
Serial Speedway roadshow: AMD server/workstation ??? 11/05 PDF PDF
dual-core processing drives high-performance embedded systems ??? 01/06 PDF PDF
Cray XT3 @ Sandia National Lab ??? 01/06 PDF PDF
ISSCC 2006: a 2.6 GHz dual-core 64-bit x86 microprocessor with DDR2 support ??? 02/06 PDF PDF
GDC 2006: optimizing games for AMD Athlon 64 processors in 2006 and beyond ??? 03/06 PDF PDF
GDC 2006: ATI multithreading ??? 03/06 PDF PDF
GDC 2006: Nvidia multithreading ??? 03/06 PDF PDF
SPF 2006: redefining performance through system balance (incl. K8L information) ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: AMD keynote ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: AMD software ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: AMD ecosystem ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: AMD momentum ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: HP ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: Oracle ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: AMD tools (includes K8 penalties) ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: Redhat ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: AMD Linux (includes K8 L2 latency) ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
India 2006: AMD virtualization ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
Cray XT3 @ Oak Ridge National Lab ??? 05/06 PDF PDF
VTF 2006: The next wave of x86 innovation (incl. K8L information) ??? 06/06 PDF PDF
HotChips 18: the AMD Opteron CMP NB architecture: now and in the future ??? 08/06 PDF PDF
HotChips 18: Z-RAM ultra-dense memory for 90 nm and below ??? 08/06 PDF PDF
MPF 2006: optimizing the microprocessor for system-level performance (K8L) ??? 10/06 PDF PDF
evolving grid architectures: why processors matter ??? 11/06 PPT PPT
London developer day ??? 12/06 PDF PDF
IBM x3755 AMD Opteron Server CPU performance and Xcelerated Memory
Technology study (incl. Pass Thru card)
??? 02/07 PDF PDF
ISSCC 2007: an integrated quad-core Opteron processor ??? 02/07 PDF PDF
Cray workshop: quad-core processor overview ??? 02/07 PDF PDF
The next revolution in computer systems architecture (R. Oehler's post-K8L outlook) ??? 02/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: massive multi-core processors and gaming ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: performance library ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: GPU performance tools ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: GPU performance profiling ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: DirectX 10 ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: OpenGL ES 2.0 ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: getting procedural ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: the importance of being noisy ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: real-time atmospheric effects ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
GDC 2007: Frostbite ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
WSJ: saying vs being the world's best processor ??? 03/07 PDF PDF
Linux Summit 2007: improving program performance with AMD CodeAnalyst for Linux ??? 05/07 PDF PDF
ISCA 2007: power model validation through thermal measurements (for K8 130 nm) ??? 06/07 PDF PDF
more than Moore: industry innovation at the crossroads (K8L die) ??? 06/07 PDF PDF
quad-core processor overview (incl. prefetch details) ??? 07/07 PDF PDF
The AMD processor roadmap for industry-standard servers ??? 07/07 PDF PDF
quad-core intro presentation ??? 09/07 PDF PDF
VMworld 2007: embracing your virtual world ??? 09/07 PDF PDF
45 nm quad-core manufacturing and process technology update (Shanghai die) ??? 03/08 PDF PDF
45 nm quad-core manufacturing and process technology update (FAQ) ??? 03/08 PDF PDF



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