Computers Terminologies K


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Letter K :	K6 - Kermit

K6
K6 (referred to by its manufacturer as AMD-K6) is a line of microprocessors from AMD that compete with Intel's Pentium II series of microprocessors. Computer magazine reviewers running benchmarks that compare computers with the K6 with those with Pentium IIs generally rate the K6 as slightly better in performance and considerably cheaper in price. In mid-1998, computers such as IBM's Aptiva with a 266 MHz K6 sold for about $200 less than comparable computers from other makers using the Pentium II. In October, 1998, AMD announced the coming availability of its next microprocessor, the K7, which promises faster bus support and other features. K6 is a basic microprocessor design on which different models are or will be based. Among the features of K6 that make it effective are: Its ability to break the more complex instructions into simpler and more quickly performed instructions, effectively converting the complex instruction set it supports into a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) approach An exceptionally large 64 KB of L1 cache 8.8 million transistors using IBM's "flip-chip" technology The ability to scale the design from a .30 micron line width design to a .25 micron design for future versions Use of the Socket 7 infrastructure AMD is part of a consortium that developed a follow-on to the Socket 7 infrastructure called the Super7 platform. Super7 includes an Accelerated Graphics Processor (AGP) and a 100 MHz bus. AMD offers K6 versions designed for a 66 MHz bus that operate at clock speeds starting at 166 MHz. The 266 version is also known as K6+. For applications requiring floating point operations, the K6 at 266 MHz performs adequately but not as well as Intel's Pentium II, according to one reviewer. The K6-266 operates at about 2.5 volts of power and a low amount of heat and is expected to be a good candidate for mobile computing. AMD also offers the K6-3D, a microprocessor with a special set of instructions comparable to Intel's MMX set of instructions. The K6-3D clocks at 300 MHz and supports a 100 MHz bus. A subsequent version, the K6+-3D, will include an L2 cache on the microprocessor chip that runs at the same clock rate as the microprocessor. The K6+-3D L2 cache is "set associative," meaning that addresses looked up by the processor can search through sets of page rather than each individual page of memory to find the address that is referred to in the instruction.
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Anand Tech Reviews...the AMD K6 offers one reviewer's detailed opinion.
AMD provides the K6 specifications.
Kermit
Kermit is a popular file transfer and management protocol and suite of communications software programs with advantages over existing Internet protocols such as FTP and Telnet. It is freeware, developed and maintained by members of the Kermit Project at Columbia University. (However, you're invited to purchase shrink-wrapped versions and/or the manuals to help support the project.) The Kermit protocol is described as "fast, robust, extensible, tunable, and medium-independent." In addition to the protocol support, the Kermit suite includes terminal emulation, character-set translation, and scripting. The suite can be installed on almost any operating system, including Windows, UNIX, DOS, VMS, OS/2, and a number of mainframe operating systems. Most versions support both direct or dialed serial connections (with a modem) and network connections (Telnet and often others such as Rlogin, LAT, or X.25). Some advantages of Kermit are: You can write a script that will allow a sequence of file transfers to happen with a single command You can transfer an entire file directory and its subdirectories with a single command Text and binary files can be sent in the same file transfer Character-sets can be translated as part of the transfer (for example, from EBCDIC to ASCII) Files can be transferred through firewall and network address translators
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Find out how to order Kermit at the Kermit Project Web site at Columbia University.
Here's what Kermit looks like on your display.
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