Chapter 1 - Introduction; Pentium Pro Processor Overview - EPOX PP6-NF User Manual

The PP6-NF
motherboard is a high performance system hardware
based on Intel Pentium Pro processor and is equipped with four PCI slots,
four standard ISA slots, Super Multi-I/O controller and dual ports PCI-
IDE connectors for the future expansion. The hardware dimension is Full
ATX form factor with four layer design technology.
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1-1 Pentium Pro Processer Overview
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The Intel Pentium Pro Processor is the 6th generation in the Intel
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386 , Intel 486 , and Pentium family of processors. The Pentium Pro
Processor has several key features such as 12-stage superpipeline architec-
ture, Built-in 256KB/512KB cache, Out of order execution, dynamic
branch prediction & speculative execution and a pipestage time 33 percent
less than the Pentium Processor, which helps achieve a higer clock rate
on any given Process. It will be superpipelined for high clock speed from
150MHz up to 233MHz. The Pentium Pro Processor was used to the
Dynamic Execution that is the combination of improved branch predic-
tion, speculative execution and data flow analysis that enables the Pentium
Pro processor to deliver its superior performance from CPU architecture.
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The Pentium Pro Processor is a 64 bit processor with RISC technology. It
requires 32-bit applications (like Microsoft Windows NT and OS/2) to
optimize its capabilities and performances. The Pentium Pro processor
delivers best value for businesses moving to 32-bit computing when useing
the 32-bit Operating System and Applications.
Chapter 1
Introduction
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Introduction 1-1
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