Intel Pentium 4 Processor

The Intel Pentium 4 processor was released in the year 2000. This processor enables us to work with applications such as digital photography that require a lot of processing. The Pentium 4 has a 20-stage pipeline for executing instructions. The Pentium 4 microprocessor comes in two sizes. The first microprocessors were large in size with 423 pins. These processors only supported RDRAM. Intel later decreased the size of the Pentium 4 microprocessor and increased the number of pins to 478. The microprocessor now supported SDRAM. The RDRAM and SDRAM are different types of memory. The Pentium 4 microprocessor is also available in the Hyper-Threading (HT) edition and the HT Extreme edition. The HT technology enables the microprocessor to process two parts of the program simultaneously. This ensures that the program executes faster. The Pentium 4 HT edition is targeted for gamers because 3D games such as Counter Attack and FIFA Football 2004 are complexprograms and require a lot of processing.The Pentium 4 HT Extreme edition is similar to the Pentium 4 HT edition. The only difference is that this edition has an additional 2 MB of L3 cache built into the microprocessor.

Processor Clock Manufacturing Number of Cache Bus Speed Speed Process Transistors (MHz) (GHz) (million)

Intel Pentium 4 3.40, 3.20 0.13-micron 178 2 MB L3 cache, 800 Processor
512 KB L2 Extreme Edition cache (HT Technology)

Intel Pentium 4 3.60, 3.4, 90 nano- 125 1 MB L2 800 processor
3.2, 3, 2.80 micron cache supporting HT Technology 560,550, 540, 530,520

Intel Pentium 4 3.40, 3.20, 90 nano- 125 1 MB L2 800Processor 3,
2.80 micron cache (HT Technology)

Intel Pentium 4 3.40, 3.20, 0.13-micron 55 512 KB 800 Processor
2.80, 2.60, Advanced (HT Technology) 2.40 Transfer L2 cache

Intel Pentium 4 3 0.13-micron 55 512 KB 800 Processor Advanced
(HT Technology) Transfer L2 cache

Intel Pentium 4 3.06 0.13-micron 55 512 KB 533 Processor
Advanced (HT Technology) Transfer L2 cache

Intel Pentium 4 2.80, 2.66, 0.13-micron 55 512 KB
533 Processor 2.53, 2.40, Advanced 2.26 Transfer L2 cache

Intel Pentium 4 2.60, 2.50, 0.13-micron 55 512 KB
400 Processor 2.40, 2.20, Advanced 2 Transfer L2 cache

Intel Pentium 4 2, 1.90, 1.80, 0.18-micron 42 256 KB
400 Processor 1.70, 1.60, Advanced 1.50, 1.40 Transfer L2 cache