This document provides a summary of the evolution of Intel processors from the Pentium generation through the Core 2 generation. Key developments included increasing the memory addressable from 1Mb to 16Mb, moving to a 32-bit architecture to support multitasking, adding sophisticated caching and instruction pipelining along with an integrated math coprocessor. Later generations added superscalar capabilities to execute multiple instructions in parallel, aggressive register renaming, branch prediction, and speculative execution. The MMX technology added graphics, video, and audio processing capabilities. The Core Duo was the first Intel chip with a dual core design, while the Core 2 extended the architecture to 64 bits and the Core 2 Quad integrated four processors on a single chip.

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Generations of Computers
By
D.Shalinigayathri, M.Sc., M.Phil.,NET,SET,(Ph.D)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science

16. PENTIUM EVOLUTION

20. 16 Mbyte memory
addressable
– up from 1Mb

21. 32 bit
– Support for multitasking

22. Sophisticated powerful
cache and instruction
pipelining
– Built in math co-
processor

23. Superscalar
– Multiple instructions
executed in parallel

24. Increased superscalar
organization
– Aggressive register
renaming
– Branch prediction
– Data flow analysis
– Speculative execution

25. MMX technology
– Graphics, video & audio
processing

26. Additional floating point
instructions for 3D graphics

27. Further floating point and
multimedia enhancements

28. This is the first Intel x86
microprocessor with a
dual core, referring to
the
implementation of two
processors on a single
chip

29. the core 2 extends
the architecture to 64
bits. The core 2 quad
provides four
processors on a single
chip.

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