The Unabridged Pentium 4 (PC System Architecture Series): IA32 Processor Genealogy
The Unabridged Pentium 4 offers unparalleled coverage of Intel's IA32 family of processors, from the 386 through the Pentium 4 and Pentium M processors. Unlike other texts, which address solely a hardware or software audience, this book serves as a comprehensive technical reference for both audiences. Inside, the Mindshare trainers cover not only the hardware design and software enhancements of Intel's latest processors, they also explain the relationship between these hardware and software...
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The Unabridged Pentium 4 offers unparalleled coverage of Intel's IA32 family of processors, from the 386 through the Pentium 4 and Pentium M processors. Unlike other texts, which address solely a hardware or software audience, this book serves as a comprehensive technical reference for both audiences. Inside, the Mindshare trainers cover not only the hardware design and software enhancements of Intel's latest processors, they also explain the relationship between these hardware and software characteristics.As a result, readers will come away with a complete understanding of the processor's internal architecture, the Front Side Bus (FSB), the processor's relationship to the system, and the processor's software architecture.Essential topics covered include:Goals of single-task and multi-task operating systemsThe 386 processor--the baseline ancestor of the IA32 processor familyThe 486 processor, including a cache primerThe Pentium processorThe P6 roadmap, P6 processor core, and P6 FSBThe Pentium Pro processor, including the Microcode Update featurePentium II and the Pentium II Xeon processorsPentium III and Pentium III Xeon processorsThe Pentium 4 processor familyThe Pentium M processorProcessor identification, System Management Mode, and the IO and Local APICsAn "at-a-glance" table of contents allows readers to quickly find topics ranging from 386 Demand Mode Paging to Pentium 4 CPU Arbitration. An accompanying CD-ROM contains additional book material.Whether you design software or hardware or are responsible for system maintenance or customer support, TheUnabridged Pentium 4 will prove an invaluable reference to the world's most widely used microprocessor chips.
Ch. 1Overview of the processor roleCh. 2Single-task OS and applicationCh. 3Definition of multitaskingCh. 4Multitasking problemsCh. 5386 real mode operationCh. 6Protected mode introductionCh. 7Intro to segmentation in protected modeCh. 8Code segmentsCh. 9Data and stack segmentsCh. 10Creating a taskCh. 11Mechanics of a task switchCh. 12386 demand mode pagingCh. 13The flat modelCh. 14Interrupts and exceptionsCh. 15Virtual 8086 modeCh. 16The debug registersCh. 17Caching overviewCh. 18486 hardware overviewCh. 19486 software enhancementsCh. 20Pentium hardware overviewCh. 21Pentium software enhancementsCh. 22P6 road mapCh. 23P6 hardware overviewCh. 24Pentium Pro software enhancementsCh. 25MicroCode update featureCh. 26Pentium II hardware overviewCh. 27Pentium II power management featuresCh. 28Pentium II software enhancementsCh. 29Pentium II Xeon featuresCh. 30Pentium III hardware overview
