Intel Core i5-660 CPU to get K0 stepping

Posted on Monday, October 11 2010 @ 19:12 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Expreview reports Intel will give its Core i5-660 (3.33GHz) processor an updated K0 stepping. This new version will start shipping on October 18th and will require a BIOS update.
The conversion of stepping brings the following changes:

* New S-spec and MM number for the converting product
* Extended CPUID will change from 0×00020652 to 0×00020655
* Host RevID will change from 0×12 to 0×18
* Adds Processor Context ID (PCID) support


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