In the previous episode I've discussed the notion of computer processors, as well as the parts and functions. There are two types of computer processors are the most widely used on the planet. Both the computer's processors are Intel and AMD. Although there are many brands on the market that are circulating processor, but we tried to narrow the choices by dividing it into two parts. It is based on availability and need. The first part is an Intel Pentium 4 processor family and AMD Athlon 64 Family second.
Both the processor brand is the brand of the most sought after and used by most people, and both have some features that are quite different. Among them are Intel uses long instruction pipelines that are designed to produce super high clock speed scale.
While at AMD itself does not use these features, but rather use the Instruction shorter pipelines that produce good efficiency, but unfortunately could not produce a high velocity scale. For sure the public would confuse the two things, so we will try to explain how the advantages and disadvantages of each model processor.
Intel processor
Ted Hoff, Federico Faggin, and Stanley Mazor of Intel credited with the invention of the microprocessor. One of the three earlier generations of Intel microprocessors 8742 is 8-bit microcontroller running at 12MHz CPU and has 128bytes of RAM. It was considered revolutionary at the time as the size of the computer got reduced dramatically. In short, the computer began to be compact and this led to the birth of the personal computer system known as a PC.
in the 80s saw the emergence of 32-bit processors are Intel 80386, 80376, 80486. Next came the landmark Intel Pentium series. Pentium I, II, Celeron, III and IV processors proved to be effective as well and found a lot of customers around the world. In fact, personal computer systems became affordable after the Pentium III processor appears. 64-bit generator invented by Intel under the Core Series. Core 2 Duo Processor, Intel Dual Core Processor etc are now used by many people around the world.
Intel Pentium 4 Family
Commonly called the Pentium 4. Although in one family but has a different speed. Likewise, the socket being used. Most used version is using a Pentium 4 socket 478. In its latest version has been using socket LGA 775 motherboard to support some of the latest release.
Prescott
Pentium 4 is the first generation that has a 1 MB L2 cache and has a speed of 3.8 GHz. However, the processor has a significant constraint, which has a fairly high heat. And the processor and the operating system does not support 64-bit applications. Bright side, this processor does have a good performance to support the needs multi-application and gaming.
Pentium 4 Extreme Edition
Is a premium line of processors from Intel, for desktop PC's CPU. New additions have also been using the LGA 775 socket and runs on top of 3.46 GHz with 512 K L2 cache features coupled with 2 MB of L3 cache and a FSB of 1066 MHz. He is also available in a 64-bit CPU.
Pentium D
Intel CPU family that has a dual-core architecture. Some series are already available, including the Pentium D 840, 830, and 820 which is clocked from 2.80 to 3.20 GHz with 800 MHz FSB. L2 cache with its 2x1 Mb. With dual-core processors, expected to perform data processing with a shorter time. In addition, it has been equipped with processor EMT64T (Extended Memory 64 Technology) and the operating system that supports 64-bit applications.
If you are interested in buying an Intel processor output, presumably Pentium D processor line is the ideal choice. Dual-core and 64-bit support being the main reason. Because the future all applications and the operating system will use 64-bit. In addition to the sale price of this processor is quite relevant, which is about U.S. $ 279.
AMD processors
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) entered the scene in 1975 with a series microprocessor AM 2900. AM 2901-2914 were produced in the same year followed by the 29000 microprocessor 1987-95. AMD comes with high-end microprocessor in 2003 with the production of K8 series which includes Processor Opteron, Athlon 64, Turion processor, Athlon 64 X2 and Turion 64 X2 family. Phenom family released in 2008 and followed with an upgraded version like the Phenom X3 and Phenom II series. AMD has planned to come up with Fusion microprocessor that combines general processor execution with 3D geometry processing and other functions of the GPU all together. It is being produced by AMD with ATI collaboration.
Both companies are market leaders in the field of microprocessors. With the gaining popularity of notebook computers, PCs have started to lose their sparkle before and demand. In fact, sales of laptop computers have a very steady growth in recent years. In addition, micro-technology has given way to nano-technology institutes and R & D as well as computer hardware manufacturers have started to concentrate more on this area. Microprocessor has definitely changed the whole field of personal computer systems and help people in many ways.
AMD Athlon 64 Family
AMD has three types of processor with different performance. Namely, Athlon 64 and FX Series, as well Sempron. Despite of all three have the same basic technology, but some of the features and prices offered have significant differences.
Basically, AMD Athlon 64 processor is able to produce a high speed to the applications that use a lot of floating point and needs a large bandwidth. Why is that?
AMD Athlon 64
At this processor has two versions. The first version is still using single-channel memory. Ie using the Athlon 64 socket 75. While the second uses socket 939 and already has a dual-channel memory technology. For the price, of course, Athlon 64 754 has a cheaper price than the 939. Both have 1 MB of L2 cache, while the speed offered diverse, ranging from 2.4 GHz to 3.0 GHz.
Athlon 64 FX
This processor is the most appropriate processor to support gamers, because in addition equipped with 1 MB L2 cache with the lowest rate offered at 2.6 GHz. On both output processor AMD Athlon 64 or Athlon 64 FX supports applications and 64-bit operating system. And now AMD has issued a dualcore processor, the AMD Athlon 64 X2, still using socket 939.
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