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Intel PIII Desktop Processor Reference Chart

Product Code Names: Katmai & Coppermine, then Tualatin followed by Willamette, P4 (423-pin). Slot 1 gives way to FC-PGA by June 2000. Excerpted from Intel Developer Forum Notes, 1998/1999; Intel University Press – First implementation: PC 99 System Design Guide from Intel and Microsoft. PC 99 System Design Guide Book

Katmai New Instructions for rich data types; 70 new instructions able to do high-performance audio, 3-D animation, MPEG-2, decode on the processor. Katmai was introduced in the first quarter of 1999.

Katmai New Instructions (added to MMX Technology), first on 0.25-micron technology, 450 and 500 MHz, and soon after that, Intel introduced Coppermine (With micro architectural enhancements), which is basically a Katmai processor built on 0.18- micron technology, in production in 1999, higher than 500 MHz; also announced to have integrated Level 2 cache because of the capability of the 0.18-micron technology. We hope you find the info below helpful. Enjoy!

A Tualatin P3 CPU is built on the .13 micron technology as opposed to the .18 of a Coppermine. The Tualatin can have 256k or 512k of cache onboard. The difference of .18 to .13 micron is that it runs at a slightly different voltage than the Coppermine and thus the reason a motherboard has to support it!

The Tualatin P3 .13 micron CPU's require FC-PGA2 370 pin Package. By site, the FC-PGA2 CPU has a larger core than the FC-PGA CPU. Both utilize socket 370. FC-PGA2 370 pin Packaged P3 CPU's include: 1130A, 1200EB, 1000A, - 256K L2 Cache; 1.26, 1.13, 1.4GHZ - 521K L2 Cache (9/10/2002).

• Note: Processors below, highlighted in blue, are currently available as of 08-04-2001 @ AxionTech.com.

Intel Pentium III processor - CPU Info

Package Type Configuration:

1. SECC2 - Slot 1 - Single Edge Contact Cartridge 2 (S.E.C.C.2)
   

2. FC-PGA - Socket 370 - Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array (FC-PGA)

3. EB Designators -

   The "E" and "B" designators distinguish between Intel Pentium III processors with the same core frequency but different system bus frequencies and/or cache implementations.

    

   • B = 133 MHz System Bus

   • E = Processors with "Advanced Transfer Cache" (CPUID 068x and greater only if a frequency overlap exists)

   If, for a given core frequency, Pentium III processors are only available with one system bus frequency and one cache implementation, the above designators will not be used. See: Specification Updates for thePentium® III Processor  (7-18-2002).

   
   

4. Chipsets - PC Component Chipsets: MB, Video & Audio/Sound Card

5. Search - Search BuildOrBuy web sites or the Internet
6. Intel.com - Processor Identification Tools - Processor Package Type Guide
7. Intel.com Packaging Data - ESD
8. www.intel.com - Why Replace Your PCs:

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