Ebook: The Unabridged Pentium 4. IA32 Processor Genalogy: LA32 Processor Genealogy
Author: Mindshare Inc. Tom Shanley
- Series: PC System Architecture Series
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
- City: Amsterdam
- Edition: Pap/Cdr
- Language: English
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As a result, readers will come away with a complete understanding of the processor's internal architecture, the Front Side Bus (FSB), the processor's relationship to the system, and the processor's software architecture.
Essential topics covered include:
Goals of single-task and multi-task operating systems The 386 processor—the baseline ancestor of the IA32 processor family The 486 processor, including a cache primer The Pentium processor The P6 roadmap, P6 processor core, and P6 FSB The Pentium Pro processor, including the Microcode Update feature Pentium II and the Pentium II Xeon processors Pentium III and Pentium III Xeon processors The Pentium 4 processor family The Pentium M processor Processor identification, System Management Mode, and the IO and Local APICs An "at-a-glance" table of contents allows readers to quickly find topics ranging from 386 Demand Mode Paging to Pentium 4 CPU Arbitration. An accompanying CD-ROM contains additional book material.
Whether you design software or hardware or are responsible for system maintenance or customer support, The Unabridged Pentium 4 will prove an invaluable reference to the world's most widely used microprocessor chips.