Pentium II

[6] This larger package was a compromise allowing Intel to separate the secondary cache from the processor while still keeping it on a closely coupled back-side bus.The improved 16-bit performance and MMX support made it a better choice for consumer-level operating systems, such as Windows 9x, and multimedia applications.[13][14] The original Klamath Pentium II microprocessor (Intel product code 80522) ran at 233, 266, and 300 MHz and was produced in a 0.35 μm process.[15] These CPUs had a 66 MHz front-side bus and were initially used on motherboards equipped with the aging Intel 440FX Natoma chipset designed for the Pentium Pro.[16] Pentium II-based systems using the Intel 440LX Balboa chipset widely popularized SDRAM (which was to replace EDO RAM and was already introduced with 430VX), and the AGP graphics bus.The Deschutes core Pentium II (80523), which debuted at 333 MHz in January 1998, was produced with a 0.25 μm process and has a significantly lower power draw.The 333 MHz variant was the final Pentium II CPU that used the older 66 MT/s front-side bus; all subsequent Deschutes-core models used a 100 MT/s FSB.[15] The Deschutes core introduced FXSAVE and FXRSTOR instructions for fast FPU context save and restore.Late Pentium IIs also marked the switch to flip-chip based packaging with direct heatsink contact to the die, as opposed to traditional bonding.Later, in 1999, the 0.25; 0.18 (400 MHz) μm Dixon core with 256 KB of on-die full speed cache was produced for the mobile market.
Pentium II processor with MMX technology, SECC cartridge .
Pentium II Xeon 450 MHz with 512 KB cache. Cartridge cover has been removed.
Pentium II Overdrive without heatsink. Deschutes core on left, cache on right
Pentium II Dixon die
A Pentium II Klamath backside with its plastic casing removed, showing the commodity L2 cache chips and the cache tag SRAM (center).
A Pentium II Deschutes , SECC2 variant. CPU core in the middle, cache on the right.
Deschutes die shot
Mobile Pentium II (Tonga).
Mobile Pentium II (Dixon) 400 MHz.
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