While taking a closer look at the AMD Athlon Classic processor, hardware photographer Fritschens Fritz accidentally discovered an Easter egg hidden 25 years ago. While examining the Athlon K7 processor with a magnifying glass, Fritz discovered the Texas logo in the corner, under which was a photograph of a fired revolver.
The first Athlon processor was introduced on June 23, 1999 and was named after the Decathlon athletics competition. These processors, having a Slot A socket and a “K7” core, had clock speeds from 500 to 700 MHz in the first batch of release. The first generation Athlon, part of AMD’s seventh generation of processors, competed with Intel’s Pentium III processors. Subsequently, the Athlon XP, MP and others were released.
The Athlon processor, which uses an Argon core and is manufactured on a 250 nm process technology, is equipped with 512 KB of L2 cache and consists of 22 million transistors. The first batch of models had a plug-in module designated as slot A and were known for their overclocking capabilities.