AMD explains K8L misnomer
 

Next gen AMD chip is not K8L

"WE'VE BEEN HEARING the 'K8L' codename for ages now, but we can say now, straight from the horse's mouth, K8L was never a codename for AMD's upcoming generation of chips. In fact, our own Charlie Demerjian invented that 'codename'.

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