Chapter 21. Pentium® Software Enhancements

The Previous Chapter

This chapter provided an overview of the Pentium® processor's hardware design characteristics. This included:

  • The Pentium® roadmap.

  • An overview of the Pentium® internal architecture.

  • An overview of the Pentium® FSB.

  • The Caches.

  • The Local APIC.

  • The Test Access Port (TAP). This discussion is directly applicable to all subsequent IA32 processors.

  • FRC Mode. This discussion is directly applicable to all subsequent IA32 processors up to and including the Pentium® III processor.

  • Soft Reset (INIT#). This discussion is directly applicable to all subsequent IA32 processors.

This Chapter

This chapter provides a description of the software enhancements incorporated in the Pentium® processor. This discussion ...

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