IBM PC 300PL manual Features, L2 cache Chip set control, System board features

Chapter 2. System board features

Chapter 2.		System	board	features
This	section	includes	information about system board features. For				an	illustration	of the
see “System board, Types 6584 and					6594”	on page 13.
Pentium	III	microprocessor	with	MMX	technology
PC 300PL Types 6584 and			6594 come with an			Intel Pentium III microprocessor. The microproce
which	has an attached heat sink,				plugs	directly into a connector	on	the system	board.

Features

The features of this microprocessor are as follows:

Ÿ	Optimization for				32-bit software
Ÿ	64-bit		microprocessor			data	bus
Ÿ	133	MHz		front	side	bus	(FSB)
Ÿ	256	KB	L2	cache integrated into the microprocessor
Ÿ	32-bit		microprocessor address bus

ŸMath coprocessor

Ÿ	MMX technology,	which	boosts the processing of graphic, video, and audio data
Ÿ	Cache speed	is half	of processor core speed

–4-way set associative

–Nonblocking

L2 cache

The Pentium III microprocessor provides 256 KB L2 cache. The L2 cache ECC function is enabled if ECC memory is installed. If non-ECC memory is installed, the L2 cache ECC is d information on overriding the ECC memory settings, see the chapter about the Configuratio program, inPC 300PL User Guide.) More information on this microprocessor is available at http://www.intel.com on the World Wide Web.

Chip set control

The Intel 820 chip set is the interface between the microprocessor and the following:

ŸMemory subsystem

ŸPCI bus

Ÿ	IDE bus master	connection
Ÿ	High-performance,	PCI-to-ISA	bridge

ŸUSB ports

ŸSMBus

Ÿ	Enhanced	DMA controller
Ÿ	Real-time	clock (RTC)

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