Chapter 36. Pentium® 4 PowerOn Configuration
The Previous Chapter
This chapter provided an overview of the Pentium® 4 processor. This included:
The Pentium® 4 Processor Family.
Pentium® III/Pentium® 4 Differences.
Pentium® 4/Pentium® 4 Prescott Differences.
Pentium® 4 Processor Basic Organization.
The FSB is Tuned for Multiprocessing.
Intro to the FSB Enhancements.
IA Instructions and μops.
The Trace Cache.
The μop Pipeline.
The Alias Registers.
Speculative Execution.
This Chapter
This chapter provides a detailed description of the automatic configuration of the Pentium® 4 processor when the system is first powered up. This includes:
Setup and Hold Time Requirements.
Built-In Self-Test (BIST) Trigger.
The Cluster ID Assignment.
The Agent ID Assignment.
The ...
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