The 586 processor family

Originally by Intel and called Pentium for copyright reasons.

ftp.intel.com/pub/IAL/pentium/bckgrn.txt

Architecture

Local

486 FAQ

See also:

general 80x86 page
386 page
486 page
Pentium

AMD

A press release about AMD's K6-2 with 3DNow technology.

Books

www.chipdir.nl/amazon/chipdir.php?mode=books&searchtype=KeywordSearch&search=586
www.chipdir.nl/amazon/chipdir.php?mode=books&searchtype=KeywordSearch&search=pentium
www.chipdir.nl/amazon/chipdir.php?mode=books&searchtype=KeywordSearch&search=AMD-K6

Bus speeds etc.

An email with a lot of technical details

Cyrix

A manufacturer of similar CPU's. Cyrix works together with IBM, but is now owned by NS.

IBM

See Cyrix on this same page.

IDT

A relative late comer in the Pentium arena. See www.winchip.com.

Manual

Pentium II Processor Developer's Manual

Designing for a Pentium(R) II processor? You'll need to check out the Developer's Manual. The Pentium(R) II processor is the next in the Intel386(TM), Intel486(TM), Pentium and Pentium Pro line of Intel processors. The Pentium II and Pentium Pro processors are members of the P6 family of processors, which includes all of the Intel Architecture processors that implement Intel's dynamic execution micro-architecture. Download the Developer's Manual today.

developer.intel.com/design/PentiumII/manuals/243502.htm

See also:

local	See the other families of processors.
www.faqs.org/faqs/microcontroller-faq/	FAQ's about microcontrollers
www.faqs.org/	You can find a lot of FAQ's here

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