There are four products that represent the fastest central processing units, or processors, that can be physically and electrically connected to the ASUS P5GD1-FM desktop personal computer motherboard from Taiwanese computer product manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated. Released between 2004 and 2005, the processors are the 570J, 571, 670 and 672: all Intel Pentium 4 CPUs from semiconductor company Intel Corp. Each CPU is connected using the CPU socket Intel released in 2004 called Land Grid Array 775 for some entries of its then-flagship Pentium and budget-oriented Celeron brand. Since the fastest ASUS P5GD1-FM CPUs share the same speed, they can be compared with or differentiated from each other using other factors.
Speed
The core speed, or processing speed, is the determining factor for the fastest ASUS P5GD1-FM CPUs, as it represents the rate of the processor's operating power. Each Intel Pentium 4 570J, 571, 670 and 672 has a core speed of 3.8GHz. Also, each CPU has a front-side bus speed of 800MHz; this is the rate of the CPU's connection with the motherboard via the desktop PC's front-side bus interface.
Manufacture and Designation
Each of the ASUS P5GD1-FM's fastest processors are single-core chips, which means they consist of just one core, or processing unit. Intel Corp. used the 90-nanometer manufacturing process for each CPU, resulting in a 37.5-by-37.5-millimeter package. However, the die -- the wafer of semiconductor material upon which the core is placed -- of the Intel Pentium 4 570J and the Intel Pentium 4 571 is 112 square millimeters and has 125 million processing transistors. The die of the Intel Pentium 4 670 and the Intel Pentium 4 672 is 135 square millimeters and has 169 million processing transistors.
Caches and Power Consumption
Each of the ASUS P5GD1-FM's fastest CPUs has two caches, or tiny storage units -- a Level 1 cache and Level 2 cache -- for high-speed access to the desktop PC's most frequently used data. Intel lists a 1MB L2 cache for the Intel Pentium 4 570J and the Intel Pentium 4 571, and a 2MB L2 cache for the Intel Pentium 4 670 and the Intel Pentium 4 672. Regarding power consumption, each CPU has a peak thermal design power of 115 watts.
Technologies
The fastest ASUS P5GD1-FM CPUs are set apart from many Intel Pentium 4 chips due to the inclusion of Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, which is the enhancement of the CPU's handling of multiple tasks to improve efficiency. Also, each chip is a 64-bit processor, meaning it can handle data widths of up to 64 bits and is backward-compatible with 32-bit processor technology. Execute Disable Bit is added for protection against viruses and malicious-code attacks. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology for optimal performance while saving power is added on the Intel Pentium 4 670 and 672, and the Intel Pentium 4 672 is the only one out of the four CPUs to have VT-x for hardware-based virtualization.
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