Chapter 26. Pentium® II Hardware Overview

The Previous Chapter

This chapter provided a detailed description of the Microcode Update feature (also referred to as the BIO Update feature). This discussion is directly applicable to all subsequent IA32 processor.

This Chapter

This chapter provides an overview of the Pentium® II processor's hardware design characteristics. This includes:

  • The Pentium® Pro/Pentium® II Differences.

  • One Product Yields Three Product Lines.

  • The Pentium® II/Xeon/Celeron Roadmap.

  • The Cartridge.

  • The Core.

  • The FSB and BSB.

  • The Introduction of the Celeron.

The Next Chapter

This chapter provides a detailed description of the power management modes found in all IA32 processors starting with the Pentium® II processor. Note that the Pentium® ...

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