The K5 was based upon an internal highly parallel RISC processor architecture with an x86 decoding front-end. The K5 offered good x86 compatibility and the in-house-developed test suite proved invaluable on later projects. All models … 展开

There were two revisions of the K5 architecture, internally called the SSA/5 and the 5k86, both released with the K5 label. The original set of … 展开

• Gwennap, Linley (25 March 1996). "AMD Ships Pentium Competitor". Microprocessor Report.
• Slater, … 展开

The K5 project represented an early chance for AMD to take technical leadership from Intel. Although the chip addressed the right design concepts, the actual engineering implementation had its issues. The low clock rates were, in part, due to AMD's limitations … 展开

• AMD: AMD-K5 Processor Overview
• Technical overview of the K5 series
• Pictures of K5 chips at CPUShack.com
• The AMD K5, a much underrated chip 展开