December 2006
Beginner
320 pages
11h 17m
English
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The Intel P6 Microarchitecture: The Pentium Pro
Intel’s P6 microarchitecture, first implemented in the Pentium Pro, was by any reasonable metric a resounding success. Its performance was significantly better than that of the Pentium, and the market rewarded Intel handsomely for it. The microarchitecture also proved extremely scalable, furnishing Intel with a good half-decade of desktop dominance and paving the way for x86 systems to compete with RISC in the workstation and server markets. Table 5-2 summarizes the evolution of the P6 microarchitecture’s features.
Table 5-2. The Evolution of the P6
Pentium Pro Vitals | Pentium II Vitals | Pentium III Vitals | |
|---|---|---|---|
Introduction Date | November 1, 1995 | May 7, 1997 | February 26, 1999 |
Process | 0.60/0.35 micron | 0.35 micron |
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