PC Processors (Pentium 4)
Code name
Micro-architecture
MMX / Streaming SIMD
SSE2
L1 cache - bus
L1 data cache
L1 instruction cache
L2 cache - size
L2 cache - data path
Front Side Bus
Memory addressability
Front Side Bus - width
Execution units
Out-of-order instructions
Branch prediction
Speculative execution
Math coprocessor
Compatibility
Cache line size
Multiple processors
Technology (micron)
Transistors
Package and connector
Frequency (MHz)
and available date
Chipset support
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners
© IBM Corp.
(14INTEL) Compiled by Roger Dodson, IBM. August 2001
Willamette
IA-32 / NetBurst (CISC/RISC/micro-ops) / 20 stage pipeline (Hyper-pipelined technology)
MMX (57 new instructions) / Streaming SIMD Extensions (70 new instructions)
Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (144 new instructions)
256-bit data path / full speed
8KB data cache / 4-way set associative / write-through / 64 byte cache line / integrated
Size not published / holds 12,000 micro-ops / 8-way set associative / integrated /
called Execution Trace Cache; caches decoded x86 instructions (micro-ops)
256KB / full speed (Advanced Transfer Cache)
256-bit data path (32 bytes) / transfers on each bus clock / 128 byte cache line size (usually divided into two 64 byte
sectors) / 8-way set associative / integrated / unified (internal die; on die) / ECC
400MHz (transfers data four times per clock) / address bus transfers at two times per clock / 64 byte cache line size
64GB memory addressability / 36-bit addressing / address bus is double clocked at 200MHz
64-bit data path
2 integer units; 1 floating point units; 1 load unit; 1 store unit
Two integer units (or Arithmetic Logic Units) run at two times core frequency (Rapid Execution Engine)
Yes
Dynamic (based on history) / 4KB Branch Target Buffer
Yes (Advanced Dynamic Execution)
Pipelined floating point unit / handles 128-bit floating point registers
Compatible with IA-32 software
128 bytes (32 bytes x 4 chunks); burst mode bus of addr-data-data-data
No SMP support
0.18u
~42 million with die size of 217 square millimeters
1. Pin Grid Array (PGA) requires 423-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket named Intel Socket 423 (PGA423);
used with RDRAM-based 850 chipset
2. Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array-2 (FC-PGA2) requires 478-pin surface mount Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket
named mPGA478B socket; used with SDRAM-based chipset (such as 845 chipset)
1.3GHz: 423-pin available January 2001
1.4GHz: 423-pin available November 2000
1.5GHz: 423-pin available November 2000, 478-pin available August 2001
1.6GHz: 423-pin available November 2000, 478-pin available August 2001
1.7GHz: 423-pin available November 2000, 478-pin available August 2001
1.8GHz: 423-pin available November 2000, 478-pin available August 2001
1.9GHz: 423-pin available November 2000, 478-pin available August 2001
2.0GHz: 423-pin available November 2000, 478-pin available August 2001
Intel 850 with dual channel RDRAM memory
Intel 845 with SDRAM memory
Intel
®
Pentium
®

4 for high performance desktop systems

1.3GHz, 1.4GHz, 1.5GHz, 1.6GHz, 1.7GHz, 1.8GHz, 1.9GHz, 2.0GHz
Created by IBM PC Institute
Personal Systems Reference (PSREF)