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Assignment No. 2
AMD Duron processor is a low-cost CPU based on the K7 architecture. The first
generation of Duron processors used the Spitfire core, which is similar to the Athlon Thunderbird
core with the exception of L2 cache - the Duron had 64 KB L2 cache while the Athlon had 256 KB
cache. With a larger L1 cache, faster bus speed, and more powerful FPU unit, the Duron Spitfire
processors outperformed their competitors - Intel Celeron processors with 66 Mhz FSB. Even after
the bus speed on Celeron processors was increased to 100 MHz, they were still lagging behind
the Duron CPUs.
The Spitfire core Durons were produced at speeds up to 950 MHz. Faster AMD Duron
processors used a Morgan core. Like the Spitfire core is similar to the Thunderbird core, the
Morgan core takes most of the features from the Athlon Palomino core. The core was tweaked
for greater performance by implementing a full set of SSE instructions, adding a data prefetch
mechanism, and increasing the size of the Translation Look-aside Buffer.
The next Duron core - Applebred - was used in the last three processors from the Duron
family. In these processors, the bus speed was increased to 266 MHz, and the core voltage was
reduced to 1.5V. The Applebred core was the last Duron core - the Duron CPU family was phased
out in favor of the new AMD Sempron family.
AMD Duron 700 – D700AUT1B
General Information
Type CPU/ Microprocessor
Family AMD Duron
Part Number D600AUT1B
Stepping Codes AKBAAKBAR
Frequency (MHz) 600
Bus Speed (MHz) 200
Clock Multiplier 6
Introduction Date 06/19/2000
Architecture / Microarchitecture
Spitfire Model 3
Manufacturing Process 0.18 micron
25 million transistors
Floating Point Unit Integrated
Level 1 cache size 64 KB code
64 KB data
Level 2 cache size on-die 64 KB exclusive cache
Features Processor core • MMX Technology
• Enhanced 3D Technology with 24
new instructions
Low Power Features • Halt State
• Stop Grant states
• Sleep State
• Probe State