K12 was to be
AMD's first custom microarchitecture based on the
ARMv8-A (
AArch64)
instruction set
In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or a family of computers. A device or program that executes instructions described by that ISA, s ...
with a planned release in 2017. Its predecessor, the
Opteron A1100 series, also ARMv8-A, used
ARM Cortex-A57 cores. As of 2023 the product has officially been canceled.
The microarchitecture was to focus on high frequency and power efficiency and was to target the dense server,
embedded and semi-custom market segments.
See also
*
Zen (microarchitecture)
References
K12
K12
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