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Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ).

The original Athlon ( now called Athlon Classic ) was the first seventh-generation x86 processor and, in a first, retained the initial performance lead it had over Intel's competing processors for a significant period of time.

The original Athlon also had the distinction of being the first desktop processor to reach speeds of one gigahertz ( GHz ).

AMD has continued using the Athlon name with the Athlon 64, an eighth-generation processor featuring x86-64 ( later renamed AMD64 ) architecture, and the Athlon II.