IA-32 implementation
Cyrix M1 (6x86, 6x86L, and 6x86LV)




General Details Name 6x86, 6x86L, 6x86LV
Codename M1 (6x86 using 3M Process)
M1R (6x86 using 5M Process)
M1L (6x86L)
M1LV (6x86L)
Family/Generation 80586, 5th Generation
Vendor Cyrix
Manufacturer IBM, SGS, NS
First Introduction Feb 5, 1996 (PR133, PR150, and PR166)
Jun 3, 1996 (PR200)
Physical Details Package Type 296 Pin PGA (6x86 and 6x86L)
296 Pin PPGA (6x86L)
Package Size 4.95 cm x 4.95 cm (PGA)
4.95 cm x 4.95 cm (PPGA)
Socket or Slot Socket 5 or 7
Transistors 3,000,000 (includes 16 KB L1 Cache)
Process Technology 3M, 0.65 µm, CMOS
5M, 0.65 µm, CMOS
5M, 0.35 µm, CMOS
Die Size 394 mm² (3M 0.65 µm)
225 mm² (5M 0.65 µm)
169 mm² (5M 0.35 µm)
Electrical Details Split Voltage N/A (6x86)
Yes (6x86L, determined via Motherboard)
Core Voltage 3.52 V (6x86)
2.8 V (6x86L)
2.45 V (6x86LV)
I/O Voltage 3.52 V (6x86)
3.3 V (6x86L)
3.3 V (6x86LV)
Typical Power 80 MHz: 12.9 W (6x86)
100 MHz: 14.9 W (6x86)
110 MHz: 15.8 W (6x86)
120 MHz: 16.8 W (6x86)
133 MHz: 18.2 W (6x86)
150 MHz: 20.8 W (6x86)
100 MHz: 11.1 W (6x86L)
110 MHz: 11.7 W (6x86L)
120 MHz: 12.6 W (6x86L)
133 MHz: 13.4 W (6x86L)
150 MHz: 14.3 W (6x86L)
120 MHz: 7.9 W (6x86LV)
133 MHz: 8.4 W (6x86LV)
150 MHz: 9.4 W (6x86LV)
Maximum Power 80 MHz: 15.5 W (6x86)
100 MHz: 17.8 W (6x86)
110 MHz: 19.1 W (6x86)
120 MHz: 20.1 W (6x86)
133 MHz: 21.8 W (6x86)
150 MHz: 24.6 W (6x86)
100 MHz: 13.4 W (6x86L)
110 MHz: 14.3 W (6x86L)
120 MHz: 15.1 W (6x86L)
133 MHz: 16.0 W (6x86L)
150 MHz: 17.1 W (6x86L)
120 MHz: 11.2 W (6x86LV)
133 MHz: 12.1 W (6x86LV)
150 MHz: 13.2 W (6x86LV)
Cooling Required
Clock Frequencies CPU Core Speed PR90: 80/40 (6x86)
PR120: 100/50
PR133: 110/55
PR150: 120/60
PR166: 133/66
PR200: 150/75
L1 Cache Speed 1.0x Core Speed
L2 Cache Speed 1.0x External Bus Speed
External Bus Speed 50, 55, 60, 66, or 75 MHz
Core/Bus Ratio 2.0x, 3.0x
Miscellaneous usual Motherboard Single Processor Socket 5 or 7
usual Chipset Intel 82430FX, 82430HX, 82430VX, 82430TX, or non-Intel
Pictures 0.65 µm Die (200 KB JPG)
0.35 µm Die (273 KB JPG)
0.65 µm and 0.35 µm Open Packages (170 KB JPG)
IBM ID=15h Top (65 KB JPG) and Bottom (104 KB JPG)
IBM ID=17h Top (71 KB JPG) and Bottom (110 KB JPG)
Cyrix ID=17h Top (63 KB JPG) and Bottom (102 KB JPG)
IBM ID=22h Top (82 KB JPG) and Bottom (99 KB JPG)
Processor Core Generic Details CISC, In-/Out-of-order and Pipelined Execution
Specific Details Dual Pipeline Design
Registers 32 Bit Integer, 80 Bit FP, 32 Entry RAT
Pipeline Depth 1 (Shared) plus
2x 4+2 In-/Out-of-order (Dual Pipeline) Stages,
4x FP plus 4x FP Store Queue
Instruction Decoder 2x IA-32/Cycle
Execution Units 2x Integer, Non-pipelined FPU
Execution Speed up to 2x 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/Cyrix SMM, Suspend
Processor Caches Level 0 256 Byte, Full, 32 Byte/Line, LRU
Level 1 Unified 16 KB, 4-Way, 32 Byte/Line,
Dual-ported, Write Allocate, LRU
Level 2 Unified External, depends on Motherboard
Processor Buffers Read Buffer ???
Write Buffer ???
Prefetch Queue 64 Byte
Branch Prediction Static Yes
Dynamic 256 Entries, 4-Way, 4-State
RSB 8 Entries
TLB Main 128 Entries, Direct, LRU
Victim 8 Entries, Full, LRU
DTE (PDEs) 4 Entries, Full, LRU
Instruction Set Regular IA-32
Floating Point Integrated
Multi Media N/A
Processor Modes Real, Protected, Virtual, Paging, SMM



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