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Tonight I was reading Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual (not sure how long that link to Intel will be valid for; it looks quite obscure) and in the introduction chapter it states what processors the manual is specific to. Interestingly enough, it also goes on to state what processors belong to what family. I found it interesting because it’s unusual that I see documentation from companies that is so concise in giving information. While I knew the Pentium Pro / Pentium II micro-architecture  was the same, I didn’t know it was called the P6 micro-architecture. Just a little tidbit of information I thought I’d post and watch Google eat into the world knowledge banks (whole excerpt from the document below).

• P6 family processors are IA-32 processors based on the P6 family microarchitecture. 
• This includes the Pentium® Pro, Pentium® II, Pentium® III, and Pentium® III Xeon® processors. 
• The Pentium® 4, Pentium D, and Pentium processor Extreme Editions are based on the Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture. Most early Intel® Xeon® processors are based on the Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture. Intel Xeon processor 5000, 7100 series are based on the Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture. 
• The Intel® Core™ Duo, Intel® Core™ Solo and dual-core Intel® Xeon® processor LV are based on an improved Pentium® M processor microarchitecture. 
• The Intel® Xeon® processor 3000, 3200, 5100, 5300, 7200, and 7300 series, Intel® 
• Pentium® dual-core, Intel® Core™2 Duo, Intel® Core™2 Quad and Intel® Core™2 
• Extreme processors are based on Intel® Core™ microarchitecture. 
• The Intel® Xeon® processor 5200, 5400, 7400 series, Intel® CoreTM2 Quad processor Q9000 series, and Intel® CoreTM2 Extreme processors QX9000, X9000 series, Intel® CoreTM2 processor E8000 series are based on Enhanced Intel® CoreTM microarchitec-ture. 
• The Intel® AtomTM processor family is based on the Intel® AtomTM microarchitecture and supports Intel 64 architecture. 
• The Intel® CoreTMi7 processor is based on the Intel® Microarchitecture (Nehalem) and supports Intel 64 architecture.

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