The K-0 chips are pin compatible with C2 CPUs and require a BIOS update to work properly as they come with the following changes:
- New S-spec and MM numbers for the converting products
- Extended CPUID will change from 0x00020652 to 0x00020655
- Host RevID will change from 0x12 to 0x18
- Adds Processor Context ID (PCID) support
Intel 32nm desktop CPUs to get K-0 stepping this summer
Posted on Monday, May 17 2010 @ 17:16 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck