Architecture and Features of Pentium Processor — Study Resources & PY…
Architecture/block diagram along with features of Pentium
- Estimated study time: 210 minutes
Study resources
- 8085 → 8086 → 286 → 386 → Pentium (Article) — Timeline article covering every major Intel processor generation from 8085 to Pentium 4 to Core Duo — architecture, key features, bus width, and technology improvements.
- Superscalar, Pipelines, Caches, MMX (Article) — Covers Pentium architecture: dual integer pipelines, superscalar execution, 8 KB instruction and data caches, MMX technology, FPU, and bus interface. Good exam-prep article.
- P6 / Pentium Pro Architecture (Article) — Explains the P6 microarchitecture used in Pentium Pro — 8 general-purpose 32-bit registers, out-of-order execution, branch prediction, L1 and L2 caches, memory segmentation.
Taught in these subjects
- Microprocessors and Interfacing — ECT-1502 · Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu