May 2024
Intermediate to advanced
889 pages
30h 8m
English
book
The X 86 Microprocessors: Architecture, Programming and Interfacing (8086 to Pentium) 2nd Edition by Pearson
by Lyla B. Das
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In this chapter, you will learn
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History of Intel’s embedded processors.
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History of the Atom processor.
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Features of the Bonnell microarchitecture.
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Components of the Tunnel Creek SoC.
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Display controllers and their working.
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Power management and ACPI.
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New microarchitecture named Silvermont.
ATOM SoC–INTEL’S
HIGH-END EMBEDDED
PROCESSOR
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Intel is known the world over by its prominence in the desktop PC and server processor market. Most
of the world’s desktop and laptop PCs and servers are powered by Intel’s x86 processors that have, over
the years, made giant leaps in terms of computing power and performance. Intel has other processors
that ...
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