The Pentium® II Processor 2-1
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This chapter consists of the following sections:
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About the Pentium II Processor
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Installing the Hardware for the Pentium II Processor
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The Pentium II processor and the Celeron
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processor are the latest additions to the P6 processor
family. They combine the architectural advances in the Pentium Pro processor with the
instruction set extensions of MMX technology. They are fully compatible with the huge base
of Intel architecture-based PC software.
In addition, the Pentium II processor delivers new levels of performance for advanced media and
communications software including powerful, realistic graphics and imaging capabilities, video
conferencing, and the ability to run full-screen, full-motion video. The combination of these
advanced features makes the Pentium II processor the ideal choice for executing modern 32-bit
CPU-intensive and multimedia-enhanced application work loads using advanced 32-bit
operating systems.
The Pentium II processor has a separate 32 KB, on-chip, non-blocking Level 1 cache which runs
at the same speed as the processor. It also has a 512 KB or 256 KB onboard Level 2 non-
blocking cache which runs at half the speed of the processor.
