K6-2+ name (was Re: AMD CPU misdetection?)

From: Barry K. Nathan (barryn@cx518206-b.irvn1.occa.home.com)
Date: Sun Oct 22 2000 - 19:18:28 EST

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> The K6-2+ is actually the CPU that was released
> _after_ K6-3. Go figure.
>
> Why they didn't call it K6-4 is anyones guess.

I read somewhere (I don't have a URL handy, sorry) that the reason AMD went
with K6-2+ is that, apparently, the K6-2 name is well-known, and they
wanted to build on that...

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>
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