P6

E637110

P6 is Intel’s sixth-generation x86 microarchitecture that introduced out-of-order and speculative execution, forming the basis for later Pentium II/III and early Core designs.

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P6 canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Intel x86 microarchitecture ⓘ
microarchitecture ⓘ
architectureFamily x86 ⓘ
basisFor Pentium II ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium II

Pentium II Xeon ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium II

Pentium III ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium III

Pentium III Xeon ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium III

Pentium Pro ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium Pro

early Intel Core microarchitecture designs ⓘ
branchPrediction dynamic branch predictor ⓘ
compatibility IA-32 ⓘ
designer Intel ⓘ
linked to: Intel Corporation
designGoal higher performance per clock ⓘ
improved efficiency over P5 ⓘ
executionModel out-of-order ⓘ
speculative ⓘ
familyName P6 microarchitecture family ⓘ
generation sixth-generation x86 ⓘ
influenced Intel Core microarchitecture ⓘ
later x86 microarchitectures ⓘ
introducedFeature dynamic branch prediction ⓘ
micro-ops based execution ⓘ
non-blocking caches ⓘ
out-of-order execution ⓘ
register renaming ⓘ
reorder buffer ⓘ
reservation stations ⓘ
speculative execution ⓘ
speculative retirement of instructions ⓘ
super-scalar execution ⓘ
superpipelined design ⓘ
marketSegment desktop computers ⓘ
server computers ⓘ
workstation computers ⓘ
notableCPUCore P6 core ⓘ
notableImprovementOverPredecessor better branch prediction ⓘ
higher instructions per cycle ⓘ
improved floating-point performance ⓘ
pipelineType superpipelined ⓘ
successorTo Intel P5 microarchitecture ⓘ
P5 ⓘ
usedIn Pentium II Xeon processors ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium II

Pentium II processors ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium II

Pentium III Xeon processors ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium III

Pentium III processors ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium III

Pentium Pro processors ⓘ
linked to: Intel Pentium Pro
vendor Intel ⓘ
linked to: Intel Corporation
wordSize 32-bit ⓘ

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