P6

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Intel x86 microarchitecture ⓘ
microarchitecture ⓘ
architectureFamily x86 ⓘ
basisFor Pentium II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentium II Xeon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentium III NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentium III Xeon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentium Pro NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Intel Core microarchitecture designs ⓘ
branchPrediction dynamic branch predictor ⓘ
compatibility IA-32 NERFINISHED ⓘ
designer Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ
designGoal higher performance per clock ⓘ
improved efficiency over P5 ⓘ
executionModel out-of-order ⓘ
speculative ⓘ
familyName P6 microarchitecture family NERFINISHED ⓘ
generation sixth-generation x86 ⓘ
influenced Intel Core microarchitecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
P5 ⓘ
usedIn Pentium II Xeon processors NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentium II processors NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentium III Xeon processors NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentium III processors NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentium Pro processors NERFINISHED ⓘ
vendor Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ
wordSize 32-bit ⓘ

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