HP Vectra XW Optimization Manual page 11

NOTE
Inside the Processor
The Pentium Pro processor installed in your system provides the best
performance when used with Windows NT and 32-bit applications.
Internally, your system's processor performs tasks by breaking them
down into sub tasks. Each of these sub tasks requires a number of clock
cycles to complete.
The Pentium Pro processor integrates some functions that were
performed by external components in previous generations of Personal
Workstations; level-two cache memory is an example of one of these
functions. This means that the Pentium Pro processor can perform a
significant proportion of its work internally, without needing to access
other system components through the local bus.
By using a faster clock for internal operations than for external (local
bus) operations, the Pentium Pro processor accelerates the work it
performs internally. Since internal operations represent much of the
processor's total activity, the effect of this acceleration is a significant
improvement in overall processor performance.
Processor's local bus
1 Your Personal Workstation's Performance Features
The Pentium Pro
processor performs much
of its work internally
Your System's Processor
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