Pentium Pro Processor System Architecture (First Edition) describes the hardware and software characteristics of the Pentium Pro processor itself, the bus protocol that it uses to communicate with the system, and the overall machine architecture. It details the internal architecture of the processor, providing insight into how it translates legacy multiply 86 code into RISC instructions, executes them out-of-order, and then reassembles the result to match the original program flow. In detailing the processor's internal operations, the book reveals why the processor generates various transaction types and how it watches bus traffic generated by other entities to ensure cache consistency.

The new edition will include a chapter dedicated to the Pentium II processor. The Pentium II is Intel's latest PC microprocessor the Pentium II processor adds MMX technology, which consists of 57 new instructions designed to enrich and accelarate multimedia and communications