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AMD K5

Introduced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in 1996, the AMD K5 is a line of x86 microprocessors designed to compete with Intel's Pentium processors. The K5 series featured a superscalar architecture and operated at clock speeds ranging from 75 MHz to 133 MHz. The K5 processors were manufactured using a 500 nm process technology and offered compatibility with the Intel Pentium instruction set. While the K5 series demonstrated competitive performance compared to the Pentium processors, it faced challenges in terms of clock speed scaling and manufacturing issues. Despite these challenges, the AMD K5 helped establish AMD as a viable competitor in the x86 microprocessor market and paved the way for future generations of AMD processors.