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Chapter 2. System board features
Chapter 2. System board features
This section includes information about system board features. For an illustration of the system board,
see “System board, types 6268, 6278, and 6288” on page 13.
Celeron microprocessor with MMX technology
PC 300GL Types 6268, 6278, and 6288 comes with an Intel Celeron microprocessor. The
microprocessor, which has a heat sink attached, plugs directly into a connector on the system board.
More information about this microprocessor is available at http://www.intel.com on the World Wide Web.
Features
The features of this microprocessor are as follows:
Optimization for 32-bit software
Operation at a lower voltage level than previous microprocessors
64-bit microprocessor data bus
66 MHz FSB
128 KB L2 cache integrated into the microprocessor
Cache operates at processor core speed
– 4-way set associative
– Nonblocking
32-bit microprocessor address bus
Math coprocessor
MMX technology, which boosts the processing of graphic, video, and audio data
L2 cache
The Celeron microprocessor provides 128 KB L2 cache. (For information on overriding settings, see
Configuration/Setup Utility program, in
PC 300GL User Guide
.)
Chip set control
The Intel 810 chip set is the interface between the microprocessor and the following:
Memory subsystem
PCI bus
IDE Bus Master connection
Low Pin Count (LPC) bus
USB ports
SMBus
Enhanced DMA controller
Real-time clock (RTC)
Audio coder/decoder (codec)
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