1998 research cohort / CPU
AMD · model variant
Candidate · no owner discrepancy decisionAMD-K6-2 processor 366 MHz is recorded in the 1998 CPU research cohort under AMD. The current display name and classification are normalization proposals.
AMD positions higher clock versions as part of a speed roadmap and customer-demand response
Intended users: Microsoft Windows PC customers and OEMs
Engineering response: 366 MHz AMD-K6-2 with 3DNow! technology
AMD press release dated January 13 1999 filed as Form 8-K exhibit · lines 62-69
Filed release states 366 MHz was introduced and shipped in volume during Q4 as part of speed-roadmap execution.
Retrospective and lacks a specific problem statement for 366 MHz.
Comparable benchmark evidence has not been established for this record. Missing results do not imply poor performance.
The year above is a research-cohort label. Announcement, production, shipment and retail availability are distinct events.
Quarter-precision variant event is supported and kept separate from the family date.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. · lines 62-69; quarter end lines 27-30
Filed AMD release names 366 MHz AMD-K6-2 among versions introduced and shipped in volume in the just-completed Q4 1998.
Exact day/month, first shipment, package/orderable identity.
No owner discrepancy decision is recorded. This does not mean there are no unresolved issues.
The AMD-K6-2 family and four speed-grade records intentionally overlap across granularities; the family must not be counted as a fifth speed-grade record or used to infer an exhaustive launch-SKU list.
Audit source · lines 52-69
AMD states a May 28 family introduction and quarterly shipment totals but does not enumerate the family launch speed grades.
Follow-up: Retain the family as a family-level candidate and each speed grade only as separately evidenced variants; do not use the group as a count of five comparable SKU claims.
The exact May 28 AMD-K6-2 family date cannot be inherited by any speed-grade candidate. The 350 MHz variant is Q3 evidence and the 366 MHz 380 MHz and 400 MHz variants are Q4 evidence only.
Audit source · lines 27-32 and 62-69
AMD's Q4 filing identifies 366 MHz 380 MHz and 400 MHz versions as introduced and shipped in volume during Q4; it does not supply an exact date.
Follow-up: Keep the family exact date and each speed-grade interval separately typed; reject any normalization that converts quarter evidence to day or month precision.
All four AMD-K6-2 speed-grade timing claims are manufacturer-controlled retrospective quarter statements. They support bounded 1998 intervals but not exact first-shipment dates or orderable identities.
Audit source · lines 30-35 and 48-75
The Q3 filing supports the 350 MHz interval while the Q4 filing supports 366 MHz 380 MHz and 400 MHz intervals; neither resolves exact dates.
Follow-up: Retain quarter precision and flag independent contemporary or channel evidence as optional follow-up rather than filling missing dates.
These notes preserve the state at intake. Later verification is shown under Release evidence above; an original note saying verification had not occurred is not the current assessment.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ·
Imported source reference; independent verification has not occurred.
Typed events: AMD's January 13, 1999 filed release retrospectively states that 366 MHz versions were introduced and shipped in volume during Q4 1998. Date precision is quarter; exact day/month and first shipment are unknown.
Proposed parent family: AMD-K6-2 processor with 3DNow! technology