IA-32 implementation
Centaur WinChip




General Details Name WinChip
Codename C6
Family/Generation 80586, 4th Generation, MMX
Vendor Centaur
Manufacturer IDT
First Introduction Oct 13, 1997 (180 and 200 MHz)
Apr 21, 1998 (225 and 240 MHz)
Physical Details Package Type 296 Pin PGA
Package Size 4.95 cm x 4.95 cm (PGA)
Socket or Slot Socket 7
Transistors 5,400,000 (includes 2x 32 KB L1 Cache)
Process Technology 4M, 0.35 µm, CMOS
Die Size 88 mm²
Electrical Details Split Voltage N/A
Core Voltage 3.3 V (STD)
3.52 V (VRE)
I/O Voltage 3.3 V (STD)
3.52 V (VRE)
Typical Power 180 MHz: ~ 5 W (3.3 V)
180 MHz: ~ 6 W (3.52 V)
200 MHz: ~ 6 W (3.3 V)
200 MHz: ~ 7 W (3.52 V)
225 MHz: ~ 7 W (3.3 V)
225 MHz: ~ 8 W (3.52 V)
240 MHz: ~ 8 W (3.3 V)
240 MHz: ~ 9 W (3.52 V)
Maximum Power 180 MHz: 8.1 W (3.3 V)
180 MHz: 9.4 W (3.52 V)
200 MHz: 8.9 W (3.3 V)
200 MHz: 10.4 W (3.52 V)
225 MHz: 10.6 W (3.3 V)
225 MHz: 12.3 W (3.52 V)
240 MHz: 11.3 W (3.3 V)
240 MHz: 13.1 W (3.52 V)
Cooling Required
Clock Frequencies CPU Core Speed 180, 200, 225, 240 MHz
L1 Cache Speed 1.0x Core Speed
L2 Cache Speed 1.0x External Bus Speed
External Bus Speed 60, 66, or 75 MHz
Core/Bus Ratio 3.0x, 4.0x
Miscellaneous usual Motherboard Single Processor Socket 7
usual Chipset Intel 82430FX, 82430HX, 82430VX, 82430TX, or non-Intel
Pictures 0.35 µm Die (90 KB JPG)
CPUID=0540h Top (66 KB JPG) and Bottom (106 KB JPG)
CPUID=0541h Top (68 KB JPG) and Bottom (107 KB JPG)
Processor Core Generic Details CISC, In-order Execution
Specific Details Single Pipeline Design
Registers 32 Bit Integer, 80 Bit FP, 64 Bit MM
Pipeline Depth 4 Stages
Instruction Decoder 1x IA-32/Cycle
Execution Units Integer, MMX, Non-pipelined FPU
Execution Speed up to 1x IA-32/Cycle
Processor Buses Address Bus Width 32 Bit
Data Bus Width 64 Bit
Physical Memory 2^32 Bit = 4 GB
Virtual Memory 2^32 Bit = 4 GB
Logical Memory (8,190 + 8,192) x 4 GB = 65,528 GB (~64 TB)
Multiprocessing N/A
Power Management HLT, STPCLK, SMI/SMM
Processor Caches Level 0 N/A
Level 1 Code 32 KB, 2-Way, 32 Byte/Line, LRU
Data 32 KB, 2-Way, 32 Byte/Line, LRU
Level 2 Unified External, depends on Motherboard
Processor Buffers Read Buffer 16 Byte
Write Buffer 4x 8 Byte
Prefetch Queue 3 Entry Translation-to-Execution Stage Queue
Branch Prediction Static Yes
Dynamic N/A
RSB 8 Entries
TLB Code 64 Entries, 4-Way, pseudo-LRU
Data 64 Entries, 4-Way, pseudo-LRU
PDC (PDEs) 8 Entries, ???, LRU
Instruction Set Regular IA-32
Floating Point Integrated
Multi Media MMX
Processor Modes Real, Protected, Virtual, Paging, SMM



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