Key Architecture Features

– AMD64 technology features uncompromising 64-bit and 32-bit performance
– Vastly expands memory addressability with 40-bit physical addresses, 48-bit virtual addresses
– Doubles the number of internal registers with eight additional (sixteen total) 64-bit integer registers and eight additional (sixteen total) 128-bit SSE/SSE2/SSE3 registers
– Direct Connect architecture designed to eliminate the real challenges and bottlenecks of system architectures through the use of separate, dedicated high-speed links between processor and memory, processor and I/O, and cpu cores within the processor

Power optimized HyperTransport™ technology for high speed I/O communication

– HyperTransport technology helps increase overall system performance by helping reduce traditional system bottlenecks, increasing I/O bandwidth, and reducing I/O latency; to improve overall system performance.
– One 16-bit link supporting up to 1600MHz
– Up to 6.4GB/s peak HyperTransport™ I/O bandwidth

High-bandwidth, low-latency integrated memory controller

– Designed to boost performance by directly connecting the processor to the memory, thus significantly reducing memory latency
– Supports 2nd generation DDR2 memory which has been designed to improve overall memory performance through increased data rates and larger densities
– Supports industry-standard, widely-available PC2-3200 (DDR2-400), PC2-4200 (DDR2-533), PC2-4300 (DDR2-533), and PC2-5300 (DDR2-667) unbuffered SO-DIMMs
– Dual channel, 128-bit interface
– Up to 10.7 GB/s memory bandwidth

AMD Digital Media XPress™ technology

– Provides support for SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and MMX instructions for compatibility with the largest installed base of multimedia-enhance software

Made for mobility

– AMD PowerNow!™ technology extends battery life by dynamically switching the performance states (processor core voltage and operating frequency) based on processor performance requirements
– Additional low voltage Deeper Sleep state reduces power consumption during idle moments

AMD Virtualization

– Enhancements designed to improve the performance, reliability, and security of existing and future virtualization environments

Enhanced Virus Protection

– Enhanced Virus Protection is designed to protect against certain malicious viruses, like MSBlaster and Slammer, helping to reduce the cost and down-time associated with similar viruses and improving the protection of computers and personal information against this type of PC virus.*

* Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) is only enabled by certain operating systems, including the current versions of Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, Solaris, and BSD Unix. After properly installing the appropriate operating system release, users must enable the protection of their applications and associated files from buffer overrun attacks. Consult your OS documentation for information on enabling EVP. Contact your application software vendor for information regarding use of the application in conjunction with EVP. AMD strongly recommends that users continue to include third-party antivirus software as part of their security strategy.