Chapter 3. Microprocessor Types and Specifications

Pre-PC Microprocessor History

Microprocessors from 1971 to the Present

Processor Specifications

Processor Features

Processor Manufacturing

Processor Socket and Slot Types

CPU Operating Voltages

Heat and Cooling Problems

Math Coprocessors (Floating-Point Units)

Processor Bugs

Processor Codenames

P1 (086) First-Generation Processors

P2 (286) Second-Generation Processors

P3 (386) Third-Generation Processors

P4 (486) Fourth-Generation Processors

P5 (586) Fifth-Generation Processors

Intel P6 (686) Sixth-Generation Processors

Other Sixth-Generation Processors

Intel Pentium 4 (Seventh-Generation) Processors

Eighth-Generation (64-Bit Register) Processors

Dual-Core Processors

Processor Upgrades

Processor Troubleshooting Techniques