29 years ago today, AMD released its K5 CPU. K stood for Kryptonite because it was supposed to be a Pentium killer. But its clock speed didn't scale high enough and it quickly gave way to the much more successful K6. #RetroComputing #AMDHistory #K5CPU #TechThrowback https://dfarq.homeip.net/amd-k5-cpu-not-quite-what-amd-hoped/