The Unabridged Pentium 4 offers unparalleled coverage of Intels 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 Intels 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 processors internal architecture, the Front Side Bus (FSB), the processors relationship to the system, and the processors software architecture.

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