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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition

by Lyla B. Das
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
665 pages
23h 2m
English
Pearson India
Content preview from The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
THE PENTIUM PROCESSOR 555
16.6 | Pentium-IV
In November 2000, Intel introduced its seventh generation processor Pentium-IV, which had
high clock speeds (starting from 1.5 GHz) as an important feature, and a totally new architec-
tural feature called the ‘netburst’ architecture which includes the following:
Hyper Pipelined Technology
400MHz System Bus
Execution Trace Cache
Rapid Execution Engine
Advanced Transfer Cache
Advanced Dynamic Execution
Enhanced Floating Point and Multimedia Unit
Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
We will not discuss all these in detail here – instead, we will talk about the new trends in proces-
sor design.
16.7 | Latest Trends in Microprocessor Design
With clock speeds reaching very high values, which leads to ...
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