Every AMD CPU Ever!

Learn about every CPU from Team Red, from their early x86 clones to the K6 to today's Ryzen chips.

AFFILIATES & REFERRALS
---------------------------------------------------

FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE
---------------------------------------------------

FOLLOW OUR OTHER CHANNELS
---------------------------------------------------

[adityathakur]

"AMD got their start by making Intel CPUs."
"Linus Tech Tips got their start by making NCIX tech tips."

[jacob_s]

00:35 Quick note regarding this. The reason Intel went along with this was because the military usually required a redundant manufacturer, in case the primary one either went out of business, or hit some roadblock and were unable to make any more.

[nighthawkvca]

If you're going to refer to them by color, then AMD was team green in the early days, before acquiring ATi (team red in the graphics market).

[dixonsoftwaresolutions]

The first high end PC I built from scratch was a dual Athlon MP system with a Tyan motherboard. I loved that computer.

[pam]

Thank you, Lisa Su. Otherwise we would still be buying $450 4-core 14nm Intel CPUs.

[elucid]

AMD was also first to break 1ghz. I feel like that was an important milestone that you glossed over mate.

[SyFi]

I really thought this was called "best amd cpu ever" and learned all this history expecting a new CPU at the end XD

[Arsonist]

Until a few years ago I was running an AMD Athlon II x3 tri-core, which was actually a Quad-Core sold with one disabled, usually due to a defect. Some motherboards at the time came with a core unlocker which would try an activate that extra core. If you were lucky you could get a Quad-Core for the price of a tri-core (I wasn't!).

[urgx]

I remember back in the 90s when people called AMD “another micro division” and said they were just Intel copycats!

[tj_]

Why am I not surprised that he left out the fact that after AMD came out with Athlon 64 Intel had to license it so they could use it, so now both companies can only function because they have licensing deals with each other. One from Intel for x86 and one from AMD for x64,
😁

[caliqm]

Screw the CPU history, why isn't anyone talking about the fact that AMD used to be green??

[CarthagoMike]

Once upon a time, there were many cpu makers.
now, there are only few left, even fewer that make high-end chips.
AMD is one of the few giants who managed to stand the test of time.

[Lonelemon]

This whole video was like intel vs amd having an anime showdown.

[mito-pbqg]

Could've mentioned that the K6 was based around a design by NexGen, which AMD had acquired prior and made for a strong basis.

[petersziraki]

I always loved AMD, because of its pricing methods, it was significantly cheaper than Intel. It was the platform of the adventurers (with empty pockets :D ).

[JustCallMePCra]

The AM486 was my first processor and made me and AMD fan ever since… never had an intel machine until my first laptop in 2017

[AaronShenghao]

It seemed being a ripoff is not always a bad thing… the important thing is innovating after you get your feet up.
AMD, Huawei, XiaoMi, nVidia… the examples goes on and on…

[julesvanlaar]

Beginning to doubt AMD was known as Team Red before 2005... all their boxes seem green. But that was before they took over ATI which was red iirc.

[shaynecarter-murray]

In high school in the mid 90s, I finally convinced my dad to buy us a PC. Is was the AST pc sold by Walmart (I didn't know any better, I was a teen in a podunk town with no real tech savvy friends). It was labeled as a K6 586/75. Upon startup, the bios listed the chip as 486/66...and so began my distrust of walmart.

[BadHabitMarco]

Great overview, Linus. I love those kind of "tech history" videos a lot, having participated in computer technology upgrades for over 25 years now. Thank you!