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P6F104 User’s Manual
1.4 Microprocessor
The P6F104 mainboard is designed to operate with the Intel®
Celeron™ processor in PPGA (Plastic Pin Grid Array) package which
runs at 300A ~ 700+ MHz (66MHz FSB) and future CPU (100MHz
FSB). The Intel Celeron processor (PPGA), implements a Dynamic
Execution Micro-architecture and executes MMX™ media technology
instructions for enhanced media and communication performance.
This processor includes an integrated 128KB second level cache with
a separate 16K instruction and 16K data level one cache. The second
level cache is capable of caching 4GB of system memory address
space. An on board switching voltage regulator provides the required
1.8 to 3.5 volts for the processor. The Celeron processor will send 4
VID (Voltage Identification) signals to the switching voltage
regulator, and the switching regulator will generate correct voltage for
the processor accordingly.
The Celeron processor implements MMX™ technology and
maintains full backward compatibility with the 486 and Pentium
processors. The processor’s numeric coprocessor significantly
increases the speed of floating-point operations.
1.5 Celeron Packaging
The Celeron is packaged in an P.P.G.A. (Plastic Pin Grid Array).
This packaging technology is similar to the mature Pentium
processor package. This processor features a P6-microarchitecture-
based core but in a PPGA package for use in low cost but high
performance systems in the Basic PC market segment. Although the
0.25 micron manufacturing process, which reduces processor heat,
enables the Intel Celeron processor to use a smaller heat sink but the
highly integrates L2 cache design, it required a CPU cooling fan in
order to protect CPU and make your system more reliable.
1. Intel® Celeron™ CPU (PPGA) 400 and 433MHz is not available yet, it is for reference only.
