AMD Central Processing Units
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AMD Central Processing Units
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) first started building central processing units for IBM computers in 1982 along with Intel. AMD and Intel were both to supply IBM with 8086 and 8088 processors.
However, Intel eventually pulled out of this arrangement resulting in a court battle between the two companies.
The first microprocessor solely created by AMD was launched in 1995 and called the AMD K5. The K5 was not as fast as the products being released by Intel, and AMD rectified this by purchasing NexGen to design its AMD K6 processor. The company still had not achieve the popularity it was hoping for and went on to produce the AMD Athlon K7. The K7 increased the popularity of AMD processors and it became a competitor of Intel for anyone wanting a system with a budget microprocessor. AMD continues to manufacture the Athlon line, and the last microprocessor by the company was the AMD Turion 64.
