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16 Nov 1998 - AMD K6-2 - new 400MHz chip
With the announcement of a 400MHz K6-2 microprocessor, AMD has almost reached the raw clock speed of processors designed by its rival, Intel. AMD announced the immediate availability of K6-2 chips running at 366, 380, and 400 MHz. The 9,300,000-transistor AMD-K6-2 processor is manufactured on .25-micron, five-layer-metal process technology using local interconnect and shallow trench isolation at AMD's Fab 25 wafer fabrication facility in Austin, Texas. The AMD-K6-2 processor is packaged in a 100MHz Super7 platform-compatible package using C4 flip-chip interconnection technology.
As AMD creeps up on Intel, some in the industry are beginning to wonder what its plans are for the workstation and server market. Even though AMD has been in negotiations to license the Alpha processor from Digital for more than six months, executives said a final deal has not been struck. "The reasoning is that we could manufacture the Alpha chip if we were so inclined," AMD's chairman and chief executive, W.J. Sanders III said.
In 1,000-unit lots, the 366, 380, and 400 MHz K6-2 processors are priced at $187, $213, and $283, respectively. Compaq will use AMD's new chips in its Presario desktop PCs.
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