peak data bandwidth independent of the number of processors,
packet-based transfers for improved transaction pipelining,
large 64-byte burst data transfers, 8-bit ECC protection of data
and instructions, low-voltage signaling for high-performance,
low-cost motherboard implementations, and the ability to
address more than eight terabytes of physical memory.
The 200-MHz system bus implemented in the AMD Athlon
processor is capable of delivering a peak data transfer rate of
1.6 Gbytes per second—twice that of previous processor
generations. With its source synchronous clocking design, the
AMD Athlon processor's system bus is scalable to operate
beyond 400 MHz.