Chapter 32. Pentium® III Xeon Features

The Previous Chapter

This chapter provided a detailed description of the software enhancements introduced in the Pentium® III processor. This discussion is directly applicable to all subsequent IA32 processors. It included:

  • The Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE).

  • The SIMD FP exception.

  • The Serial Number feature. This feature was discontinued with the advent of the Pentium® 4 processor.

  • CPUID Enhanced.

  • Brand Index feature.

This Chapter

This chapter provides a description of the Xeon processor based on the Pentium® III technology. It includes:

  • The processor's basic characteristics.

  • The Page Attribute Table (PAT) feature. This discussion is directly applicable to all subsequent IA32 processors.

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