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Page 2 - Preliminary Information

Preliminary Information Trademarks AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Duron, and combinations thereof, AMD-751, and AMD-756 aretrademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks oftheir respective c...

Page 3 - Revision History; Date

3 23614K — October 2003 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide Preliminary Information Revision History Date Rev Description October 2003 K Revised erratum #24. June 2003 J Added erratum #24. December 2002 I Added errata #21–23. July 2002 H Added erratum #20. March 2002 G Added erratum #17. Ap...

Page 4 - AMD AthlonTM Processor Model 4; Revision Guide Policy

4 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide 23614K — October 2003 Preliminary Information AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide The purpose of the AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide is to communicate updated product information on the AMD Athlon™ processor model 4 to designers of...

Page 5 - Product Errata; Cross-Reference of Product Revision to Errata; Errata Numbers and Description

5 23614K — October 2003 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 1 Product Errata This section documents AMD Athlon processor model 4 product errata. The errata are divided intocategories to assist referencing particular errata. A unique tracking number for each erratum h...

Page 7 - Resistance Value of the ZN and ZP Pins

7 23614K — October 2003 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 10 Resistance Value of the ZN and ZP Pins Products Affected. A4, A5 Normal Specified Operation. The ZN and ZP pins are specified such that the AMD system bus output drivers autocompensate to whatever resista...

Page 9 - Instruction Execution Deadlock

9 23614K — October 2003 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 13 Instruction Execution Deadlock Products Affected. A4, A5, A6, A7 Normal Specified Operation. Legitimate instruction sequences should execute as specified. Non-conformance. Under rare and unlikely conditio...

Page 11 - Processor Does Not Support Reliable Microcode Patch Mechanism

11 23614K — October 2003 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 15 Processor Does Not Support Reliable Microcode Patch Mechanism Products Affected. A9 Normal Specified Operation. The processor should function properly after a microcode patch is loaded. Non-conformance. ...

Page 17 - Single Step Across I/O SMI Skips One Debug Trap

17 23614K — October 2003 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 23 Single Step Across I/O SMI Skips One Debug Trap Products Affected. A4, A5, A6, A7, A9 Normal Specified Operation. When single stepping (with EFLAGS.TF) across an IN or OUT instruction that detects an SMI...

Page 18 - Software Prefetches May Report A Page Fault

18 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide 23614K — October 2003 Preliminary Information 24 Software Prefetches May Report A Page Fault Products Affected. A4, A5, A6, A7, A9 Normal Specified Operation. Software prefetches should not report page faults if they encounter them. Non-conformance. So...

Page 20 - Revision Determination; CPUID Values for the Revisions of the AMD AthlonTM Processor Model 4; Revision

20 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide 23614K — October 2003 Preliminary Information 2 Revision Determination Table 2 shows the AMD Athlon processor model 4 identification number returned by the CPUIDinstruction for each revision of the processor. Table 2. CPUID Values for the Revisions of ...

Page 21 - Technical and Documentation Support

21 23614K — October 2003 AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 4 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 3 Technical and Documentation Support The following documents provide additional information regarding the operation of the AMD Athlonp ro c e s s o r m o d e l 4 . P l e a s e re f e r t o t h e d a t a s ...