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L2 cache only got packaged with the chip in the Pentium 2, and even then, wasn't on chip, hence the weird packaging.
by benj111 8y ago
L2 cache only got packaged with the chip in the Pentium 2, and even then, wasn't on chip, hence the weird packaging.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoThey were packaged closely together in the Pentium Pro (two dies in the same processor package). The Pentium II was a cheaper downgrade that preserved the separate bus but just put the cache next to the CPU in the weird packaging.