Comment by 3453f4f

15 hours ago

There are three good pieces of history for you to look at.

First, the NexGen Nx686 prototype... that became the K6 after AMD bought NexGen.

Second, the AMD K6 prototype... which came in a small footprint ceramic package.

Third, the AMD K7... which also came in that small footprint ceramic package, on a Slot A PCB, with L2 cache chips.

Enjoy!

2 comments

3453f4f

Man I sort of miss the cartridge CPU. I get why it's not a thing anymore, but man was it fun to slot in a CPU like you would an old SNES game.

Thanks for the nostalgia trip.