Intel ARCHITECTURE IA-32 - Manual (Page 55)

IA-32 Intel® Architecture Processor Family Overview
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The Intel Pentium M processor microarchitecture is designed for lower
power consumption. There are other specific areas of the Pentium M
processor microarchitecture that differ from the Intel NetBurst
microarchitecture. They are described next. A block diagram of the Intel
Pentium M processor is shown in Figure 1-5.
The Front End
The Intel Pentium M processor uses a pipeline depth that enables high
performance and low power consumption. It’s shorter than that of the
Intel NetBurst microarchitecture.
The Intel Pentium M processor front end consists of two parts:
• fetch/decode unit
• instruction cache
Figure 1-5 The Intel Pentium M Processor Microarchitecture
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