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Is it true that Pentium III was faster than its successor Pentium 4?
My friend told me that earlier iterations of the Pentium 4 were not as fast as the Pentium III, but he didn't have sources.
Is it true that the Pentium III was faster than its successor Pentium 4?
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Is BX the Base Address Register, and if so why?
I've seen a lot of posts on BX. I believe today, it's a "General Purpose Register". I'm confused at why people call it the Base Address Register,
Why it's called the Base Address register, historically.
Is any of that still relevant today?
Is there…
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Measuring CPU usage on an pSOS operating system
I have a piece of computer hardware in my lab that is running an Intel Celeron CPU with 300 MHz and 128k bytes of secondary cache. The hardware documentation says it's running an real time operating system (RTOS) called pSOS (Portable Software On…
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Are all Slot 1 motherboards compatible with Coppermine?
I want to put together a Pentium III tower using a beautiful Coppermine SL3XL CPU I found with a Slot 1 form factor. However, I noticed that many slot 1 motherboards do not officially support Coppermine, or even Pentium III altogether. Would it…
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