More detailed (programming level) information can be found at: http://developer.intel.com/design/xeon/applnots/24161822.pdf
See page 23 for a description of Brand ID and Brand String used in the more recent processors. John Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel99SE keeps locking up > Andrew, > I was not advocating "dumbing down" the information supplied by > Windows. Simply augment it with something that means something more > meaningful without full technical knowledge of every processor revision and > change. > When somebody on this list states they are experiencing a particular > problem on a certain processor based machine, I can't easily tell if it is > the same processor that I am currently running that doesn't exhibit the same > problem. Have you ever seen somebody go into a computer shop and order "I > would like an X86 family, Model 6, Stepping 5."? I bet you haven't. So where > is the issue in having the operating system identify the processor with a > meaningful non-technical/marketing name in addition to this technical > jargon? Why only supply the non-user friendly version. Does Intel use this > information on their website to compare different processors, NO! So why > should I be forced to deal with it by the operating system only supplying > this cryptic reference to the internal processor? > As I had stated previously, I have searched Intel's (and > Microsoft's)website looking for a listing of these processor references. > Couldn't find anything and I am no internet neophyte, I usually find the > information I am looking for. I even read a significant chunk of a > programming manual on their site, I can tell you a lot about the hex code > the processor returns to a query of the processor type but nothing in the > way of chart listing these OS processor name conventions. If you can supply > a link to such a listing it would be much appreciated, obviously > Intel/Microsoft is making it too difficult to find this information on their > websites. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
