Pentium Dual-Core processor family is the latest Pentium-branded family of
budget dual-core desktop and mobile microprocessors. The family was
introduced in the first quarter of 2007 and currently (Feb 2008)
includes 4 desktop and 6 mobile microprocessors. The Pentium
Dual-Core CPUs are based on Core microarchitecture, and include many
Core micro-architecture features:
- 32 KB instruction and 32 KB data cache per core;
- SSE3 and supplemental SSE3 instructions;
- Wide Dynamic Execution - each core can execute up to 4 instructions
per clock;
- Advanced Digital Media Boost - ability to execute one 128-bit SSE
instruction each clock cycle.
- Execute disable bit - data memory segments can be marked as
non-executable, which prevents external programs to execute malicious
program code, that was loaded into system memory as data.
Pentium Dual-Core processors don't include virtualization technology,
and have smaller level 2 cache than Core 2 Duo CPUs.
Mobile Pentium dual-core processors include additional power-saving
features, and have lower clock voltage, lower Front-Side Bus
frequency and ultimately, much lower power consumption than desktop
Pentium Dual-core microprocessors.
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