Chapter 59. CPU Identification

The Previous Chapter

This chapter described the hardware and software characteristics of the Pentium® M processor as well as an overview of the Centrino chipset. It included:

  • The Pentium® M and Centrino.

  • Characteristics Overview.

  • The FSB Characteristics.

  • Enhanced Power Management Characteristics.

  • Three Different Packaging Models.

  • Improved Thermal Monitor Mode.

  • Enhanced Branch Prediction.

  • μop Fusion.

  • Advanced Stack Management.

  • Hardware-Based Data Prefetcher.

  • The L2 Cache.

  • The Data Cache and Hyper-Threading.

  • The Next Pentium® M.

This Chapter

This chapter provides a detailed description of the CPUID instruction. It includes:

  • Prior to the Advent of the CPUID Instruction.

  • Determining if the CPUID instruction Is Supported.

  • Determining ...

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