Description The AMD Athlon processor is among the world's most powerful engines for PC computing, as well as the industry's first seventh-generation x86 microarchitecture. The AMD Athlon processor family is designed to power the next generation in x86 computing platforms. It meets the computation-intensive requirements of cutting-edge software applications running on high-end desktop systems, workstations, and servers. Business users who work with image processing, digital content creation, CAD/CAE, scientific applications and other computationally-demanding software will benefit from the tremendous processing power of AMD Athlon processor-based systems. Computing enthusiasts who want the performance and clock speeds required to run the latest 3D gaming, entertainment, Internet, and personal productivity software will demand desktop systems powered by the AMD Athlon. The AMD Athlon processor's seventh-generation microarchitecture and high-bandwidth system bus enable it to attain outstanding levels of performance. Plus, the AMD Athlon delivers industry-leading integer, floating point, and 3D multimedia performance for x86 platforms. The AMD Athlon processor provides exceptional processing power on real-world, mainstream Windows compatible software, as well as computation-intensive applications for high-end desktops and workstations, including digital photo editing, digital video, commercial 3D modeling, image compression, soft DVD, CAD, and speech recognition.
