Template talk:Infobox Computer Hardware Cpu

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Pentium III Central processing unit
An Intel Pentium III Coppermine Processor.
Produced:	From early 1999 to late 2000
Manufacturer:	Intel
CPU Speeds:	450 Mhz to 1.4 GHz
FSB Speeds:	100 MHz to 133 MHz
Process: (MOSFET channel length)	0.25 µm to 0.13 µm
Instruction Set:	x86
Microarchitecture:	P6
Sockets: Slot 1 Socket 370
Cores: Katmai Coppermine Coppermine-T Tualatin

{{Infobox Computer Hardware Cpu
| name        = Pentium III
| image       = Intel P3Socket.jpg
| caption     = An Intel Pentium III Coppermine Processor.
| produced-start = early 1999
| produced-end = late 2000
| slowest     = 450  | slow-unit     = Mhz
| fastest     = 1.4  | fast-unit     = 
| fsb-slowest = 100  | fsb-slow-unit = 
| fsb-fastest = 133  | fsb-fast-unit = 
| manuf1      = Intel
| core1       = Katmai
| core2       = Coppermine
| core3       = Coppermine-T
| core4       = Tualatin
| size-from   = 0.25
| size-to     = 0.13
| arch        = x86
| microarch   = [[Intel P6|P6]]
| sock1       = Slot 1
| sock2       = Socket 370
}}

[edit] What is "arch"?

Is "arch" supposed to be the instruction set architecture (e.g., x86, PowerPC, x86-64, etc.), or is it supposed to be the microarchitecture (e.g., NetBurst, Intel Core microarchitecture)? I'd vote for "instruction set architecture". Both appear to be used. Guy Harris 21:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I originally designed it as instruction set arch, but both could be used ie arch=[[x86]] ([[NetBurst]]) --TheJosh 00:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

So should we use it for both, or should we add another tag for the microarchitecture? Guy Harris 07:47, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Not sure. Only about 20 articles actually use this template (although it would be good to see more) At this point, nothing special is done on the field, except for autolinking (turning plain text into a link if it wont cause a red link). If you think a microarch should be put in, go right ahead, or say so and I will if you dont know how. --TheJosh 08:36, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, I've added "microarch" and updated some pages. Guy Harris 08:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)