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AMD Excavator Family 15h is a microarchitecture developed by AMD to succeed Steamroller Family 15h for use in AMD APU processors and normal CPUs. On October 12, 2011, AMD revealed Excavator to be the code name for the fourth-generation Bulldozer-derived core.
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Wiraqucha or Wiraquchan is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 3,600 metres (11,811 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Quispicanchi Province, in the districts Andahuaylillas, Huaro and Urcos, south-east of the higher mountain named Quri and north-west of Huaro (Waru). The Willkanuta River flows along the mountain. The lake Quyllur Urmana lies at its feet.
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Ryzen is a brand of x86-64 microprocessors designed and marketed by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) for desktop, mobile and embedded platforms based on the Zen microarchitecture. It consists of central processing units marketed for mainstream, enthusiast and workstation segments and accelerated processing units (APUs) marketed for mainstream and entry-level segments and embedded applications. Ryzen is especially significant for AMD, since it is a completely new design, and marks the corporation's return to the high end desktop CPU market. AMD's competitor Intel had controlled this section of the market for almost ten years since the release of AMD's infamous Bulldozer microarchitecture in 2011. With AMD's initial regression in this market segment beginning even further back in 2006, when Intel released its groundbreaking Core microarchitecture.
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